Hong kong s chinese temples ordinance: a cautionary case study of discriminatory and misguided regulation of religious fraud

No. Panggil :	eja-21-0635
Nama Orang :	Chen Jianlin






Penerbitan :	[Place of publication not identified] : Cambridge - Crime, 2018

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Abstrak	The Chinese Temples Ordinance was promulgated by the British colonial government in Hong Kong to address the alarming growth of pseudo-religious establishments exploiting the igno rant masses of uneducated Chinese residents. This article critically examines the ordinance and the 2015 proposed amendments as a case study of the potential pitfalls in state responses to reli gious fraud. First, this article demonstrates the discriminatory nature of the ordinance, which per ceived Chinese religions as particularly prone to fraudulent practices and deserving of specific regulatory controls that are not applicable to any other religions. Tellingly, this discriminatory approach while unconstitutional and undesirable continues to underpin the proposed reform. Second, this article delineates the conceptual distinctions within religious fraud and the interaction dynamics between religious donors and recipients and argues that the government-sanctioned reg istration scheme under the ordinance is neither justified nor appropriate to address religious fraud premised on promises of divine intervention in exchange for financial contributions.
Entri Tambahan Nama Orang
001 Hak Akses (open/membership)	membership
Kata Kunci
ISSN
Tahun Terbit	2018
No. Induk	eja-21-0635
Entri Sumber Data	Cambridge - Crime
Entri Utama Nama orang	Chen Jianlin
Volume, Nomor, Tahun dan Hlm.	vol. 33, no. 3, p. 421-446
Entri Utama Nama Badan
Barcode	eja-21-0635
Subjek Topik
Judul Utama	Hong kong s chinese temples ordinance: a cautionary case study of discriminatory and misguided regulation of religious fraud
Kode Bahasa	eng
Sumber Koleksi	Perpustakaan Nasional