Sex, Slander, and Television: The Christian Gospel Mission in Taiwan After Netflix’s "In the Name of God"

In 2023, Netflix launched in several countries, including Taiwan, the TV miniseries In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal, exposing Korean “cults,” and focusing on Providence, also known as the Christian Gospel Mission. The movement’s leader had already served a ten-year jail term for sexual abuse, an...

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Main Author: Yowting, Shueng (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: The journal of CESNUR
Year: 2025, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 77–86
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)

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