Falun Gong in the Academic Perspective

Feng, C

Falun Gong in the Academic Perspective

Feng, C

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Publisher:: Boda International
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: A Study on Factors Contributing to Rapid Development of Falun Gong: with Discussion on Qi Gong and I, 2011, 1, pp. 5 - 13
Issue Date:: 2011-01

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dc.contributor.author	Feng, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4843-6191	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Ling Xiaohui	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	A Study on Factors Contributing to Rapid Development of Falun Gong: with Discussion on Qi Gong and I, 2011, 1, pp. 5 - 13	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9789868520981	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17888
dc.description.abstract	The sustained all-out campaigns by the Chinese authorities since 1999 have not been able to eliminate Falun Gong, which has involved millions of followers and spread to more than one hundred countries in the world. The Chinese authorities have labelled Falun Gong as an 'evil sect' to brutally suppress it, but that label does not confirm to the definition of 'evil sect' in the West. There are many ways to define the phenomenon of Falun Gong in the academic perspective. Falun Gong cannot be defined as a religion in term of its ultimate concern, belief system, activities and 'organisation' in particular. Falun Gong can be a Chinese popular belief and practice defying a definition but requiring further research.	en_US
dc.publisher	Boda International	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	A Study on Factors Contributing to Rapid Development of Falun Gong: with Discussion on Qi Gong and I	en_US
dc.title	Falun Gong in the Academic Perspective	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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Abstract:

The sustained all-out campaigns by the Chinese authorities since 1999 have not been able to eliminate Falun Gong, which has involved millions of followers and spread to more than one hundred countries in the world. The Chinese authorities have labelled Falun Gong as an 'evil sect' to brutally suppress it, but that label does not confirm to the definition of 'evil sect' in the West. There are many ways to define the phenomenon of Falun Gong in the academic perspective. Falun Gong cannot be defined as a religion in term of its ultimate concern, belief system, activities and 'organisation' in particular. Falun Gong can be a Chinese popular belief and practice defying a definition but requiring further research.

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