“Cruel Killing, Brutal Killing, Kill the Beast”: Investigating the 2014 McDonald’s “Cult Murder” in Zhaoyuan
On May 28, 2014, what became known as the stereotypical “cult murder” in China was perpetrated in Zhaoyuan. Six “missionaries” entered a McDonald’s diner for preaching and ended up killing a customer who had refused to give them her phone number. Chinese authorities attributed the cri...
| Published in: | The journal of CESNUR |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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The journal of CESNUR
Year: 2017, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-73 |
| Further subjects: | B
McDonald’s Murders in Zhaoyuan
B Church of Almighty God B Eastern Lightning B New Religious Movements in China B Xie Jiao |
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| Summary: | On May 28, 2014, what became known as the stereotypical “cult murder” in China was perpetrated in Zhaoyuan. Six “missionaries” entered a McDonald’s diner for preaching and ended up killing a customer who had refused to give them her phone number. Chinese authorities attributed the crime to the Church of Almighty God (Eastern Lightning), against which a campaign of repression was already going on. A study of the available documents about the case, including documents published by Chinese official sources, supports a different conclusion. The assassins were members of a small movement that used the name “Almighty God” to designate its two female leaders but was not part of, nor connected with, the Church of Almighty God. The article discusses how a small religious movement went from the deification of its leaders to violence and murder |
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| ISSN: | 2532-2990 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2017.1.1.6 |