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Patsy Rahn

 

Patsy Rahn spent eighteen years working in theatre, film and television in Toronto, New York and Los Angeles.  After retiring from acting, she worked as a conference coordinator and later as a personal assistant to the internationally renowned artist, Sam Francis.  In 1996 she graduated summa from UCLA with a BA in political science.  She is currently a graduate student at Indiana University. Her area of study is Chinese thought, in particular, Confucianism.  Her paper "The Falun Gong: Beyond the Headlines" was delivered at the American Family Foundation Annual Conference in 2000 and was later published in Cultic Studies Journal: Psychological Manipulation and Society v.17 2000. Her  article, "The Chemistry of a Conflict: The Chinese Government and the Falun Gong" was published in Terrorism and Political Violence. v.14 Winter 2002 n.4 and appears in reprint in the online Cultic Studies Journal v.2 2003 n.2.  (prahn@indiana.edu)

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Rahn, Patsy: "Is Falun Gong a 'Cult'?" - abstract
Rahn, Patsy: "The Falun Gong: Beyond the Headlines" - abstract

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