In the drama of the Yenish children unjustly separated from their families in Switzerland, bureaucrats resisted the courts for decades—just as happened in the Tai Ji Men case.
Massimo Introvigne
日本の統一教会事件はいかにして道を踏み外したのか：中山達樹弁護士が語る舞台裏
文芸評論家・小川榮太郎氏との対談を通じて、政治的圧力、過熱報道、そして信頼性に疑問がある証拠が、いかにして司法の失敗を招いたのかが明らかになる。
Now They Come for Jesus: Anti-Cultist Admits She Aims to Destroy Christianity
In an exceptional (if ugly) book, “cult hunter” Be Scofield attacks Jesus as the ultimate “cult leader.” She is not alone.
Infracțiunile motivate de ură împotriva Martorilor lui Iehova în Europa Occidentală
Când mass-media promovează intoleranța, iar autoritățile, discriminarea, consecința firească este violența.
Theodora Walter and the Theosophical Roots of Trinidadian Art
A deeply spiritual painter who befriended Rudolf Steiner and helped define a nation’s visual identity.
Ga. Sharavjamts and the Mongolian Myths China Tried to Silence
His passing removes a major thinker whose theory of myth shaped contemporary scholarship—and whose intellectual courage brought decades of repression.
How Japan’s Unification Church Case Went Off the Rails: Attorney Nakayama’s Inside Account
A conversation with critic Eitaro Ogawa reveals how political pressure, media hysteria, and flawed evidence converged to produce a judicial failure.
La vida de un hombre en peligro: Impactantes novedades en el caso Rudnev
El disidente y maestro espiritual ruso ha sido hospitalizado nuevamente para una cirugía de urgencia.
A Man’s Life Threatened: Shocking New Developments in the Rudnev Case
The Russian dissident and spiritual teacher has been hospitalized again for emergency surgery.
Shincheonji: A Session in Rome Held Under the Shadow of an Arrest
At the European Academy of Religion, scholars gathered to discuss the religious movement while its elderly leader remained behind bars.
Massimo Introvigne
Massimo Introvigne (born June 14, 1955 in Rome) is an Italian sociologist of religions. He is the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), an international network of scholars who study new religious movements. Introvigne is the author of some 70 books and more than 100 articles in the field of sociology of religion. He was the main author of the Enciclopedia delle religioni in Italia (Encyclopedia of Religions in Italy). He is a member of the editorial board for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion and of the executive board of University of California Press' Nova Religio. From January 5 to December 31, 2011, he has served as the "Representative on combating racism, xenophobia and discrimination, with a special focus on discrimination against Christians and members of other religions" of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2012 to 2015 he served as chairperson of the Observatory of Religious Liberty, instituted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to monitor problems of religious liberty on a worldwide scale.