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OverviewThe world first took notice of a religious group called Falun Gong on April 25, 1999, when more than 10,000 of its followers protested before the Chinese Communist headquarters in Beijing. Falun Gong investigates events in the wake of the demonstration: Beijing's condemnation of the group as a Western, anti-Chinese force and doomsday cult, the sect's continued defiance, and the nationwide campaign that resulted in the incarceration and torture of many Falun Gong faithful. Maria Hsia Chang discusses the Falun Gong's beliefs, including their ideas on cosmology, humanity's origin, karma, reincarnation, UFOs, and the coming apocalypse. She balances an account of the Chinese government's case against the sect with an evaluation of the credibility of those accusations. Describing China's long history of secret societies that initiated powerful uprisings and sometimes overthrew dynasties, she explains the Chinese government's brutal treatment of the sect. And she concludes with a chronicle of the ongoing persecution of religious groups in China, of which Falun Gong is only one of many, and the social conditions that breed the popular discontent and alienation that spawn religious millenar Full Product DetailsAuthor: Maria Hsia ChangPublisher: Yale University Press Imprint: Yale University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.00cm Weight: 0.376kg ISBN: 9780300102277ISBN 10: 0300102275 Pages: 188 Publication Date: 11 March 2004 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsThis very readable book is the best introduction available to the Falun Gong and the issues raised by its emergence and struggle with the Chinese state. Jan S. Prybyla, Pennsylvania State University Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |