A new book by Alexsia T. Chan claims that discrimination against internal migrant workers is not an accident but a strategy.
Massimo Introvigne
From Thunderclaps to Temples: The Origins of La Luz del Mundo
The church will celebrate its centenary in 2026. Its origins explain its success.
鈴木エイト氏が向き合おうとしない鏡像──安倍晋三を殺したのはヘイトスピーチだった
反カルトジャーナリストは、旧統一教会関連団体にメッセージを送ったことが落ち度だったと被害者を咎めた。しかし咎められるべきは彼のヘイトスピーチである。
日本の統一教会：紀藤弁護士、社会学者に社会学を教える
社会学者が統一教会バッシングを批判。反カルト弁護士の返答は、社会学の基本原則を理解していないことを露わにしている。
The Mirror Eight Suzuki Refuses to Face: Hate Speech Killed Shinzo Abe
The anti-cult journalist blames the victim for a message he sent to a Unification Church-related organization. He should instead blame himself for the hate he spread.
The Difficult Hour of the Gods: Politics, Religion, and Opposition to “Cults” in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, from the Unification Church to Tai Ji Men
East Asian anti-cultism stems from an unholy alliance between Christian heresy hunters and left-leaning lawyers, politicians, and media.
Holger Chen’s Shanghai Sojourn: A Taiwanese Influencer Under Influence
A study by Li Hou-chen in “Lingua Sinica” examines how China’s VIP guests are outmaneuvered and manipulated to further CCP propaganda.
司法をハイジャックする：日本の反カルト弁護士たちは山上裁判をどう利用しているか
神谷弁護士と山口弁護士は、宗教的不寛容と差別の宣言文を法廷に持ち込んだ。
African Indigenous Spirituality, The Revelation Spiritual Home, and IMboni iNkosi YamaKhosi oMoya Dr. Radebe
The new Cambridge University Press book “The Revelation Spiritual Home” was launched in Cape Town.
Tecnologie biometriche e vie di fuga: perché il riconoscimento facciale non rende “obsoleti” i racconti dei rifugiati cinesi
La repressione tecnologica avanza. Ma avanzano anche i mezzi per eluderla.
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.