<sod>A third narrative tracks criticisms of the Soka Gakkai in the popular press and by other Buddhist sects.  This narrative implies that the propagation efforts succeeded through intimidating and coercive actions committed by Soka Gakkai members<ref name=introalternative>{{cite book|editor-last=Gallagher|editor-first=Eugene V.|title=Introduction to new and alternative religions in America|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Conn.|isbn=0-275-98712-4|editor2-last=Ashcraft|editor2-first=W. Michael}}</ref><ref name=brannenMilitant>{{cite book|last=Brannen|first=Noah|title=Sōka Gakkai: Japan's militant Buddhists|year=1968|publisher=John Knox Press/>{{rp|80, 101}}</ref><ref name=doherty>{{cite journal|last=Doherty, Jr.|first=Herbert J.|title=Soka Gakkai: Religions and Politics in Japan|journal=The Massachusetts Review|date=Winter 1963|volume=4|issue=2|jstor=25079014}}</ref><ref name=heine>{{cite book|editor-last=Heine|editor-first=Steven|title=Buddhism in the modern world : adaptations of an ancient tradition|year=2003|publisher=Oxford Univ. Press|location=New York [u.a.]|isbn=0-19-514697-2|edition=[Reprint.].}}</ref>{{rp|217}} such as the practice then of destroying the [[kamidana|household Shinto altars]] of new members.<ref name="kisala"/> There were reports of isolated incidents of violence conducted by Soka Gakkai members but also directed toward them; they were sometimes chased away from the houses they surrounded.<ref name="mclaughlin"/>{{rp|287}}<ref name=massSociety>{{cite book|last=White|first=James W.|title=The Sōkagakkai and mass society|year=1970|publisher=Stanford University Press|location=Stanford, Calif.|isbn=9780804707282}}</ref>{{rp|49}} Fisker-Nielsen doubts whether such tactics of coercion and intimidation could satisfactorily explain the ongoing success of Soka Gakkai's campaigns.<ref>Fisker-Nielsen, Anne Mette (2012). Religion and Politics in Contemporary Japan: Soka Gakkai Youth and Komeito. London: Routledge. (Japan Anthropology Workshop Series), p. 23</ref><eod>
<sod>A third narrative tracks criticisms of the Soka Gakkai in the popular press and by other Buddhist sects.  This narrative implies that the propagation efforts succeeded through intimidating and coercive actions committed by Soka Gakkai members<ref name=introalternative>{{cite book|editor-last=Gallagher|editor-first=Eugene V.|title=Introduction to new and alternative religions in America|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Conn.|isbn=0-275-98712-4|editor2-last=Ashcraft|editor2-first=W. Michael}}</ref><ref name=brannenMilitant>{{cite book|last=Brannen|first=Noah|title=Sōka Gakkai: Japan's militant Buddhists|year=1968|publisher=John Knox Press/>{{rp|80, 101}}</ref><ref name=doherty>{{cite journal|last=Doherty, Jr.|first=Herbert J.|title=Soka Gakkai: Religions and Politics in Japan|journal=The Massachusetts Review|date=Winter 1963|volume=4|issue=2|jstor=25079014}}</ref><ref name=heine>{{cite book|editor-last=Heine|editor-first=Steven|title=Buddhism in the modern world : adaptations of an ancient tradition|year=2003|publisher=Oxford Univ. Press|location=New York [u.a.]|isbn=0-19-514697-2|edition=[Reprint.].}}</ref>{{rp|217}} such as the practice then of destroying the [[kamidana|household Shinto altars]] of new members.<ref name="kisala"/> There were reports of isolated incidents of violence conducted by Soka Gakkai members but also directed toward them.<ref name="mclaughlin"/>{{rp|287}}<ref name=massSociety>{{cite book|last=White|first=James W.|title=The Sōkagakkai and mass society|year=1970|publisher=Stanford University Press|location=Stanford, Calif.|isbn=9780804707282}}</ref>{{rp|49}} Fisker-Nielsen doubts whether such tactics of coercion and intimidation could satisfactorily explain the ongoing success of Soka Gakkai's campaigns.<ref>Fisker-Nielsen, Anne Mette (2012). Religion and Politics in Contemporary Japan: Soka Gakkai Youth and Komeito. London: Routledge. (Japan Anthropology Workshop Series), p. 23</ref><eod>