Lightning from the East by Emily Dunn
The Church of Almighty God, also known as Eastern Lightning, teaches that Jesus Christ has returned to earth as a Chinese woman to judge humankind. The Chinese government has banned it and similar groups, and targeted them in its campaign against cults such as Falun Gong. Based on the Church's own texts and exogenous reports, Emily Dunn offers the first comprehensive account of what the Church of Almighty God teaches, how Chinese Christians and the government have responded to new religious movements related to Protestantism, and how it all fits with global Christianity and the history of Chinese religion.
"Dunn delivers a circumspect and instructive assessment of a key actor of the PRC’s contemporary new religious landscapeWhile the doctrinal dimension and context of Eastern Lightning is tangible through the large corpus of writings, the group’s historical and sociological aspects remain fragmentary and cursory due to the specific (i.e., being informed by the official government discourse) nature of the sources. Dunn certainly makes the best of it. This is a compulsory reading for the student of East Asian new religious movements."
Lukas Pokorny, University of Aberdeen, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 42.2, June 2016
Lukas Pokorny, University of Aberdeen, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 42.2, June 2016
Emily Dunn is an Associate of The University of Melbourne's Asia Institute. She was awarded her Ph.D. in 2010 by that Institute, where she now teaches part-time. She can be contacted at ecdunn@unimelb.edu.au.
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| ISBN 13 | 9789004297241 |
| ISBN 10 | 9004297243 |
| Title | Lightning from the East |
| Author | Emily Dunn |
| Series | Religion In Chinese Societies |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Brill |
| Year published | 2015-05-27 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
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