In his New Year’s message, President Lee promised to “root out” religious involvement in politics, targeting the Unification Church, Shincheonji, and conservative Protestant churches.
Shincheonji
When Torquemada Speaks Korean: President Lee’s New Inquisition Against “Heretics”
The crackdown on dissident religious groups is now entering a second phase, where they are persecuted not for specific behaviors but for “heresy.”
Victoria, Australia, Inquiry on “Cults”: Moral Panics About “Cults” on Campuses
Australian universities’ warning students about “cults” may end up making them more dangerous for anyone who identifies with a religion.
韓国における宗教の自由の危機３．犯罪的反カルト主義：ディプログラミング
「カルト」のメンバーを拉致監禁し「棄教」させる行為は、韓国を除くすべての民主主義国で禁止されてきた。韓国では死亡した被害者もいる。
A Religious Liberty Crisis in Korea. 3. Criminal Anti-Cultism: Deprogramming
The practice of kidnapping, confining, and “de-converting” members of “cults” has been banned in all democratic countries—except Korea, where some victims died.
A Candid Look at Shincheonji. 4. Life in Shincheonji
The only religion one joins not through baptism but by passing an exam had to spend decades in confronting a furious opposition.
A Candid Look at Shincheonji. 3. An Original Reading of the Bible
The role of Chairman Lee as the “promised pastor” is at the heart of the movement’s millenarian theology.
A Candid Look at Shincheonji. 2. The Making of a Church
Chairman Lee gathered some 300,000 followers and launched impressive international peace education campaigns. Accusations of having spread COVID-19 were recognized by the courts as false.
A Candid Look at Shincheonji. 1. The Story of Chairman Lee
Sensational accounts of the Korean new religious movement have been published in several countries. The reality is both different and much more interesting.
The Shincheonji Paju Case: An Open Letter to the President of South Korea
Scholars and human rights activists protest the scandal of the rental of a park by Shincheonji cancelled at the last minute on a pretext after a slander campaign.