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. by Yi-Jing Chen* *A paper presented at the mid-term conference of the Research Committee on Sociology of Religion (RC-22) of the International...
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. by Massimo Introvigne* A paper presented at the webinar “Witnessing for Tolerance: Scholars, NGOs, and the Tai Ji Men Case,” co-organized...
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. by Giuseppe Cicogna* *A paper presented at the webinar “Witnessing for Tolerance: Scholars, NGOs, and the Tai Ji Men Case,” co-organized by CESNUR and Human Rights Without Frontiers on...
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. by Rosita Šorytė* *A paper presented at the mid-term conference of the Research Committee on Sociology of Religion (RC-22) of the International...