Anti-Cult Campaigns in China and the Case of The Church of Almighty God: An Introduction
This monographic issue of The Journal of CESNURis devoted to the campaign against “cults” in China and to The Church of Almighty God, one of the movements the government labels and persecutes as a “cult.” In this introduction, “sinicization” of religion and the use of the word “cult” for...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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[2018]
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The journal of CESNUR
Année: 2018, Volume: 2, Numéro: 1, Pages: 3-12 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Eastern Lightning
B Religious Persecution in China B The Church of Almighty God B Anti-cult Movement in China B Sinicization B New Religious Movements in China B Xie Jiao B Zhao Weishan |
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| Résumé: | This monographic issue of The Journal of CESNURis devoted to the campaign against “cults” in China and to The Church of Almighty God, one of the movements the government labels and persecutes as a “cult.” In this introduction, “sinicization” of religion and the use of the word “cult” for translating, or mistranslating, the Chinese expression xie jiaoare discussed as two main tools of control and repression of religious practice in China. After a review of the existing scholarly literature on The Church of Almighty God, a short outline of its history is presented. |
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| ISSN: | 2532-2990 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.1.1 |