In The Art of True Relations, Sarah Wider and Daisaku Ikeda celebrate the great spiritual and literary figures. East and West, who have inspired their own work as educators, poets, and peace builders, including both the men and the women of the American Renaissance. They reserve their highest praise, though, for the lesser known among us, especially teachers and mothers, whose humble, compassionate actions provide the truest foundation for the realization of ever-greater peace. Ultimately, the Art of True Relations is a tribute to the bonds that give life meaning.
Daisaku Ikeda is founder and president of the Soka Gakkai Intenational, a lay Buddhist organization with more than twelve million members worldwide. He has written and lectured widely on Buddhism, humanism, and global ethics.
Sarah Wider is professor of English and Women's Studies at Colgate University, where she specializes in the American Renaissance, American women writers of the late nineteenth and early twenties centuries, and Native American literature.
Daisaku Ikeda is founder and president of the Soka Gakkai Intenational, a lay Buddhist organization with more than twelve million members worldwide. He has written and lectured widely on Buddhism, humanism, and global ethics.
Sarah Wider is professor of English and Women's Studies at Colgate University, where she specializes in the American Renaissance, American women writers of the late nineteenth and early twenties centuries, and Native American literature.