Articles

Women, Spirituality, and the Tai Ji Men Case
The phenomenon of the gender gap in religion, i.e. that more women than men are “spiritual,” is unfortunately known also to persecutors.

Scholars, Activists Discuss the Women of Tai Ji Men
The United Nations Day to eliminate violence against women was an opportunity to celebrate the brave female dizi who endured humiliations and suffering.

Transitional Justice and Religious Liberty in Taiwan
The road to rectifying past injustices in the ROC has proved bumpy. The Tai Ji Men case will be a significant test.

Tai Ji Men and the Tai Ji Men Case: Politics vs. Spiritual Minorities
A background of Tai Ji Men’s origins, action, and mission, and a discussion of the Tai Ji Men case as a FORB problem.

Tai Ji Men and the Intolerance of Bureaucracy
Kafka’s novel “The Castle” and Merton’s criticism of bureaucracy describe a situation that is also at work in the Tai Ji Men case.

Dialogue, Tolerance, and the Tai Ji Men Case
Much more than a simple tax or monetary question is a stake in the Tai Ji Men case.

The United Nations, Transitional Justice, and Religious Liberty
U.N. documents and Lithuanian cases about transitional justice indicate a road that is relevant for Taiwan as well.

Scholars, Human Rights Activists Discuss Tolerance and the Tai Ji Men Case
A webinar asked why a movement internationally reputed for teaching tolerance became itself victim of intolerance.

Scholars Explore Religious Intolerance in Taiwan, Tai Ji Men Case, at Sociology Conference
In Vilnius at the RC-22 meeting of the International Sociological Association transitional justice and violations of freedom of religion were discussed.