I-Kuan Tao, also Yīguàn Dào, or usually initialized as IKT (一貫道, translated as "the pervasive truth" or "the consistent path") is a new religious movement

New religious movement

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 that originated in twentieth-century China

China

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. It incorporates elements from Confucianism

Confucianism

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, Taoism

Taoism

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, and Chinese Buddhism, and recognizes the validity of non-Chinese religious traditions such as Christianity

Christianity

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 and Islam

Islam

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 as well. For this reason it is often classified as a syncretistic sect, along with other similar religions in the Way of Former Heaven

Way of Former Heaven

The Way of Former Heaven encompasses five religious groups of Chinese origin. They claim to strive for the unification of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and other religions. They were violently suppressed at one point in history...

 (Xian Tian Dao) family.

Originating from mainland China

Mainland China

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, I-Kuan Tao flourished in Taiwan starting in the 1970s.