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BETWEEN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND SAVING THE WORLD: PRACTICES AND NARRATIVES BY THE FALUN DAFA COMMUNITY IN BULGARIA

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Manova A.
Slovenský národopis (Slovak Ethnology)
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2022
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vol. 70
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issue 3
369 – 391
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This paper presents a research case study that explores in depth the question of the function of conspiracy theories and their uses among a religious community during a Global Pandemic. Falun Dafa is a new religious movement that emerged in China and was banned by the Chinese Communist Party. Growing into a global community, it has nowadays followers in many countries, including Bulgaria. The movement’s complex doctrine includes visions of the impending destruction of humanity. Today, they serve as a well-prepared coping mechanism to deal with the crisis, having set their apocalyptic expectations long before the advent of COVID-19. Based on years of observation of the community in Bulgaria, I explore how the conspiracy narratives, underlying this movement, help to reassure and restore psychological balance among followers and how the conspiratorial attitudes get stabilized in such situation of Global Crisis.
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