“Cults,” “Xie Jiao,” “Religious Fraud”: Misusing Labels and the Tai Ji Men Case
Tai Ji Men was accused of being a “cult” or a “religious fraud.” These labels do not mean anything and are used as tools to discriminate and persecute. by Jeff Kuo* **An in-session response to the paper presented by Massimo Introvigne in the session “‘Cults’: The...
“Cults,” Music, and Discrimination
Words may be easily used to discriminate against religious or spiritual groups. There are examples even in music. by Susan Wang-Selfridge* *An in-session response to the papers presented by Holly Folk, Donald Westbrook and Rosita Šorytė in the session “‘Cults’: The...
TAIWAN: The right to truth is truth for every person
Presentation at the 24 March webinar “The UN Day of the Right to Truth on Human Rights Violations: The Tai Ji Men Case in Comparative Perspective” By Dr Lukas Lien, Professor at Osnabrück University (Germany) stationed in Taiwan An article already published in...
The Tai Ji Men Case Discussed at the Association for the Sociology of Religion Annual Meeting
Scholars argued that labels such as “cult,” “xie jiao,” or “religious fraud” have no real meaning and are used as tools for discrimination. by Alessandro Amicarelli An article already published in Bitter Winter on August 19th, 2022. Holly Folk presenting the first...