Human Rights, Corruption, and the Tai Ji Men Case Discussed in Washington DC

12/14/2021 DANIELA BOVOLENTA A+ | A- An international forum for human rights denounced corruption as a violation of human rights, as epitomized by what happened to Tai Ji Men in Taiwan. by Daniela Bovolenta On December 6, 2021, CESNUR and Human Rights Without Frontiers organized another one of their events on the Tai Ji Men case. This … Read more

Transitional Justice and Religious Liberty in Taiwan

11/29/2021TSAI CHENG-AN A+ | A- The road to rectifying past injustices in the ROC has proved bumpy. The Tai Ji Men case will be a significant test. by Tsai Cheng-An* *A paper presented at the mid-term conference of the Research Committee on Sociology of Religion (RC-22) of the International Sociological Association, Vilnius, Lithuania, November 11–14, 2021.  The Universal Declaration … Read more

Women, Spirituality, and the Tai Ji Men Case

12/02/2021MASSIMO INTROVIGNE A+ | A- The phenomenon of the gender gap in religion, i.e. that more women than men are “spiritual,” is unfortunately known also to persecutors. by Massimo Introvigne* *A paper presented at the webinar “Women, Spirituality, and the Tai Ji Men Protests,” co-organized by CESNUR and Human Rights Without Frontiers on November 23, 2021, in … Read more

Tai Ji Men and the Tai Ji Men Case: Politics vs. Spiritual Minorities

11/27/2021CHEN YI-JING A+ | A- A background of Tai Ji Men’s origins, action, and mission, and a discussion of the Tai Ji Men case as a FORB problem. by Yi-Jing Chen* *A paper presented at the mid-term conference of the Research Committee on Sociology of Religion (RC-22) of the International Sociological Association, Vilnius, Lithuania, November 11–14, 2021. Tai Ji … Read more

Tai Ji Men and the Intolerance of Bureaucracy

11/26/2021MASSIMO INTROVIGNE A+ | A- Kafka’s novel “The Castle” and Merton’s criticism of bureaucracy describe a situation that is also at work in the Tai Ji Men case. by Massimo Introvigne* A paper presented at the webinar “Witnessing for Tolerance: Scholars, NGOs, and the Tai Ji Men Case,” co-organized by CESNUR and Human Rights Without Frontiers on … Read more

The United Nations, Transitional Justice, and Religious Liberty

11/24/2021ROSITA ŠORYTĖ A+ | A- U.N. documents and Lithuanian cases about transitional justice indicate a road that is relevant for Taiwan as well. by Rosita Šorytė* *A paper presented at the mid-term conference of the Research Committee on Sociology of Religion (RC-22) of the International Sociological Association, Vilnius, Lithuania, November 11–14, 2021. In United Nations’ jargon, “transitional … Read more