Enlightened Martyrdom

James R. Lewis is Professor of Philosophy at Wuhan University.Huang Chao is an Associate Professor in the School of Philosophy at Wuhan University and Executive Director of Research Center for International New Religions and Cults at Wuhan University.

• IntroductionJames R. Lewis and Huang Chao1. The Religion and Politics of Falun GongJunpeng Li, Columbia University2. The Doctrine of Li Hongzhi: Falun Gong: Between Sectarianism and Universal SalvationDavid A. Palmer, Hong Kong University3. From Spiritual Healing to Protest: Falun Gong’s Emerging Culture of MartyrdomSusan J. Palmer, McGill-Queens University4. Burning Faith: Interpreting the 1.23 IncidentJames R. Lewis5. Devil Killing and the Essence of Falun GongFang Yong, Wuhan University6. The Self-contradictions in Li Hongzhi’s Statements about IllnessCao Yan, Wuhan University7. Scientific or Anti-scientific: A Critical Analysis of “Science” Discourses in Falun GongWang Chengjun, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law 8. “You Don’t Want to Have That Kind of Thought in Your Mind”: Li Hongzhi, Aliens, and ScienceStefano Bigliardi, Foundation for Interreligious and Intercultural Research and Dialogue, Geneva9. Falun Gong's Attack on Academic FreedomHelen Farley, University of Queensland10. Friendly Fire: How Falun Gong mistook me for an enemyHeather Kavan, Massey University11. The Falun Gong Political Narrative: Creating the Illusion of So-called “Forced Organ Harvesting”Campbell Fraser, Griffith University12. “Clarifying the Truth”: Falun Gong’s Media StrategiesJames R. Lewis