Bitter Winter

After 143 days of unjust detention, the conservative Protestant leader was released. But the authorities continue to harass the educational institution he founded.

An erudite journey through China’s spiritual imagination, where oracle bones, Daoist talismans, and Chan enlightenment form a single, continuous conversation.

A new book edited by Michele Olzi explores the Internet’s invented religions and asks whether they are here to stay.

Her case is based on a false accusation of “organizing others to cross the national border illegally.”

From Canon Law to cannon fire: the Moscow Patriarchate’s proselytization campaign in Africa has now taken a sinister turn.

U.S. gold medalist Alysa Liu and her Chinese family have a story of dissent, standing up for the Uyghurs, and being harassed by CCP spies.

In Lanzhou, children and senior citizens are recruited to become “anti-xie-jiao experts.”

The bill now being considered by the Parliament would be the most draconian in the democratic world and mark the quiet death of religious liberty in the country.

A fascinating book shows how Surrealism, “from Mao to now,” served as a survival strategy for dissident artists—and sometimes a gateway to spirituality.

The most significant Italian new religious movement of the 19th century did not exist only in Tuscany. A book reconstructs his history in the Sabina region.