On Thursday, November 27, ahead of the Fifth Faith Studies Research Conference, we interviewed the author Masaru Sato on the conference’s theme, “On Human Revolution.” We also asked him for his impressions of Soka Faith Studies III: On World Religion (Daisanbunmei Publishing).

A review of Soka Faith Studies III (published in Japanese in November 2025) has appeared on Daisanbunmei Web. The book is a collection of papers based on the Faith Studies Research Conference commemorating the fifth anniversary of the founding of the Institute of Soka Faith Studies, and contains nine papers centered on the theme of world religion. Read the review here (external site, in Japanese): https://www.d3b.jp/npcolumn/22598

Our new book Soka Faith Studies III: On World Religion (published in Japanese), edited and authored by the Institute, was featured in Chugai Nippo, a Japanese newspaper on religions, on November 14, 2025. The book is a collection of papers based on the Faith Studies Research Conference commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Institute’s founding, and contains nine papers centered on the theme of world religion.

A review of Soka Faith Studies II: On Nichiren Daishonin was published on Daisanbunmei Web, the web magazine operated by Daisanbunmei Publishing. The reviewer is the writer Ayumu Hombo. It can be read at the following link (in Japanese): Book Review — Soka Faith Studies II: On Nichiren Daishonin: Considering the Soka Gakkai’s View of Nichiren as the Buddha of the Latter Day A review of Mikio Matsuoka’s A Study of the Thought of the Soka Gakkai, Vol. 1 was also published on Da