Bitter Winter

Political Sinicization is not the only possible or desirable form of Sinicization. A new book on Jingjiao offers an alternative.

A France 5 “documentary” offered a textbook example of how “not” to present minority religions to the public.

The persecuted movement has released a new yearly report about the imprisonment, torture, and killing of its members on an unprecedented scale.

Japanese honor Judge Pal, who defended the principle that laws and their interpretations cannot be retroactive—a principle they did not apply to the Family Federation.

The relentless persecution of house churches continues. It follows orders from Xi Jinping himself.

John Callow does not ignore Gardner’s shortcomings but restores his complexity, generosity, and crucial role in the creation of a new global religion.

In the New York exhibition, the Cuban artist returns in full spiritual force, his canvases pulsing with Santería, Vodun, and the whispered knowledge of Lydia Cabrera.

A book tries to answer a question that has haunted experts for several years: the attack was irrational. Why did China do it?

The attempts to put religion under state control in Africa now use “cult” stereotypes imported from France, China, and Japan.

In Xi’s China, even atheism has good Feng Shui—as long as the state is the only geomancer in town.