国の新たな政策には、統一教会信者の家庭で育つ未成年者の考え方を変えることを目的とした学校教育プログラムが導入されている。
Religious Liberty
The Political Instrumentalization of Religious Identity and Conscience-Oriented Reform: A Comparative Analysis
Examining the manipulation of religious identity by state and private actors and the transformative role of conscience in legal, social, and tax reform.
Brainwashing Returns Through Trafficking Laws: A New Threat to Religious Freedom
How the revival of discredited psychological‑coercion theories inside trafficking frameworks endangers every religious and spiritual community: a call to action.
When a Menpai Meets the State: Categorical Misfit and Institutional Violence in the Tai Ji Men Case
At the core of the case was the abusive classification as a cram school of a community practicing qigong, martial arts, and self-cultivation.
Unification Church in Japan: Dissolved for Funding Humanitarian Activities
What crime did the religious organization commit? Apparently, collecting donations to support its charitable endeavors abroad.
The Repression of the New Testament Church and the Tai Ji Men Case in Taiwan: Parallels and Differences
Two very different spiritual movements were targeted, at different times, by similar forms of repression.
Lifechanyuan: Facing a New Wave of Repression in China
Fresh detentions and sentences show that China’s campaign against this spiritual movement continues
日本の最高裁、統一教会の解散を確定
迅速かつ簡潔な判断によって訴訟は終結したが、その判決は司法の中立性、適正手続き、そして日本における信教の自由の将来について深刻な疑問を残した。
A 95-Year-Old Religious Leader in Custody: South Korea Crosses a Line
An elderly man who devoted his life to faith is now treated as a public menace.
Tai Ji Men, Conscience, and Resilience
A long lineage of Chinese religious and philosophical reflection on the “five poisons may illuminate Tai Ji Men’s struggle for conscience and justice.