The religion of Falun Gong [electronic resource] / Benjamin Penny.
2012
BP605.F36 P46 2012eb
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Title
The religion of Falun Gong [electronic resource] / Benjamin Penny.
Author
Penny, Benjamin.
ISBN
9780226655024 (electronic bk.)
0226655024 (electronic bk.)
9780226655017
0226655024 (electronic bk.)
9780226655017
Publication Details
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, c2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 262 p.)
Call Number
BP605.F36 P46 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
299.5/1
Summary
"In July 1999, a mere seven years after the founding of the religious movement known as the Falun Gong, the Chinese government banned it. Falun Gong is still active in other countries, and its suppression has become a primary concern of human rights activists and is regularly discussed in dealings between the Chinese government and its Western counterparts. But while much has been written on Falun Gong's relation to political issues, no one has analyzed in depth what its practitioners actually believe and do. The Religion of Falun Gong Gong remedies that omission, providing the first serious examination of Falun Gong teachings. Benjamin Penny argues that in order to understand Falun Gong, one must grasp the beliefs, practices, and texts of the movement and its founder, Li Hongzhi. Contextualizing Li's ideas in terms of the centuries-long Chinese tradition of self-cultivation and the cultural world of 1980s and '90s China--particularly the upwelling of biospiritual activity and the influx of translated works from the Western New Age movement--Penny shows how both have influenced Li's writings and his broader view of the cosmos. An illuminating look at this controversial movement, The Religion of Falun Gong opens a revealing window into the nature and future of contemporary China"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
What is Falun Gong?
The history of Falun Gong, 1992-99
The lives of Master Li
Spiritual anatomy, cosmos, and history
Cultivation
Steps to consummation
Epilogue: Transformations.
The history of Falun Gong, 1992-99
The lives of Master Li
Spiritual anatomy, cosmos, and history
Cultivation
Steps to consummation
Epilogue: Transformations.