Ken and Mika Roper Oral History
Title
Ken and Mika Roper Oral History
Subject
Soka Gakkai International, Buddhist groups
Description
Oral history interview with Ken and Mika Roper conducted by Aspen Grender in Lawrence, Kansas, on December 6, 2016. This interview features Ken and Mika Roper (husband and wife), who are members of Soka Gakkai International (SGI). Ken discusses growing up in a Catholic family in Washington state and, after a lengthy period during which he claimed no religious affiliation, his eventual involvement in SGI. Mika speaks about being raised in Yokohama, Japan in a family of practicing Soka Gakkai. The Ropers both discuss the origins of the movement, its presence in the US and Japan in recent history and now, representation in the state of Kansas, its central principles, and the tense relationship between SGI and other Buddhist groups.
Source
Religion in Kansas Project
Publisher
Religious Studies Department, University of Kansas
Date
12/06/2017
Contributor
Oral histories created by University of Kansas students, staff and faculty as part of the Religion in Kansas Project are archived in KU ScholarWorks, the digital repository of the University of Kansas.
Rights
All oral histories in the Religion in Kansas Project are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Unported License.
Format
.mp3
Language
en_US
Type
Recording, oral
Coverage
Lawrence, KS
Collection
Citation
“Ken and Mika Roper Oral History,” Religion in Kansas Project, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ksreligion.omeka.net/items/show/4384.