28 April 2025
This report explores how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has rebranded Mazu as the “Goddess of Peace in the Taiwan... Read more
Category: Articles
09 June 2024
Having originated in mainland China one hundred years ago, Yiguandao is a fast growing religious movement and one the largest... Read more
23 January 2024
Religious studies scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America joined Taiwanese researchers, practicing Taoists, and local members of the contemporary... Read more
06 December 2023
The True Jesus Church was founded in 1917 by a Chinese silk merchant named Wei Enbo. Later taking the Christian... Read more
13 September 2021
The ten-year conflict in Syria has impacted every aspect of society. This includes new incentives in both the marriage economy... Read more
11 February 2020
This report investigates how Salafist groups conduct and manage the illegal trafficking of antiquities in south-west and north-west Syria, with... Read more
18 June 2019
Caught in the crossfire of ambitious geopolitical players, Al-Azhar struggles to chart a course that will guarantee it a measure... Read more
23 December 2018
Although a theoretically ever-expanding Caliphate does not recognize international borders or traditional states, its leadership nonetheless strived to reproduce all... Read more
20 March 2018
Neopagan supporters and detractors of the U.S. presidency of Donald Trump are using magical rituals to either bless or curse... Read more
02 March 2017
Analysing the current phenomena of alternative religiosities through a post-Soviet lens may be productive in the Azerbaijani context, given the... Read more