Beijing Zion Church: The Dramatic Arrest of Brother Sun Xue
The police acted brutally, showing their intention to threaten and intimidate the whole believers’ community.
Testimonies China
From Istanbul to East Turkistan: Nuh Theatre Gives Voice to Silenced People
Staging a play can be a powerful way to draw the world’s attention to a silent genocide.
Inside Lifechanyuan. 6. A Habit of the Soul: Concluding Reflections
Their life is challenging. Their demanding and peculiar lifestyle radiates a quiet beauty.
Inside Lifechanyuan. 5. Heaven, Earth, and the New Era: Xuefeng’s Eschatology
The community’s teachings describe multiple levels of afterlife heavens and hells, and a coming New Era on Earth.
Inside Lifechanyuan. 4. Xuefeng Communism in Practice: Daily Life in the Second Home
The abolition of private property and a radical criticism of the family are rooted more in the idea of the spiritual community as a living entity than Marxism.
Inside Lifechanyuan. 3. Cosmology and Creation
The community’s account of the origins of the universe and humankind is metaphysical, psychological, and ethical.
Inside Lifechanyuan. 2. A Journey Across Time, Spirit, and Borders
Persecution hit the movement after Xi Jinping came to power in China, leading many members to seek asylum in Thailand and Canada.
Inside Lifechanyuan. 1. A Community of Light in the Shadows of Persecution
I was the first scholar to visit the “Second Home” in Thailand of a unique spiritual family that combines Buddhism, esoteric traditions, and religion-based “communism.”
An Uyghur’s True Story: A Family Destroyed After the Concentration Camps
He returned from the camps to find his family gone. Now, his story demands justice.