An investigation conditioned by anti-cult bias took rumors, slander, and apostate accounts of the Korean group seriously.
Religious Liberty
The New South Wales Inquiry into Redeemer Baptist School. 2. Enter Steven Hassan
The anti-cult movement in Australia and internationally has shifted its focus from traditional targets to include conservative Christian groups.
Ethnic Unity Law: Veteran Wuhan Dissident Arrested in Lhasa
Zhang Yi is a former leader of the 1989 students’ movement who has continued to defend civic rights despite repeated punishment and torture.
Tai Ji Men as the Lady Godiva of Taiwan
A classical story of power and lust, self-sacrifice and repentance, illuminates reality with the immortal power of myth. May Tai Ji Men soon see the day of its fulfillment.
The New South Wales Inquiry into Redeemer Baptist School. 1. “Coercive Control” of Students?
The church is unpopular with other Baptists for its conservative theology, but the use of the “cult” and “brainwashing” rhetoric has dangerous ramifications.
From Presumption of Guilt to Innocence—but not in the Media: The Case of Tai Ji Men
The courtroom may clear the innocent, but the media’s tribunal often condemns them forever.
Century New City Church, Kunming: Prayers Requested for Three Detained Christians
Relatives and fellow Christians ask for solidarity as a fragile congregation faces renewed pressure after a police raid during Sunday worship
The Unification Church Case in Japan: Buddhist Leader Shindo Mizuta Speaks Out
Kongoji Temple’s Chief Priest warns that the dissolution is reshaping Japan’s treatment of religion in ways that threaten every faith community.
Una comisión de diez académicos publica un estudio exhaustivo sobre Konstantin Rudnev y “Ashram Shambhala”
La publicación anticipada comenzará en “Bitter Winter” el 27 de julio, seguida de un número especial de “The Journal of CESNUR”
2007–2026: When Accountability Safeguards Taiwan’s Constitutional Order
As the consequences of the 2007 Tai Ji Men ruling continue to unfold, they reveal how constitutional guarantees depend on the conduct of administrative power.