Per tutta una cultura, “essere artisti si identificava con l’essere amorali, depravati, oziosi e dediti al bere”. Quella cultura, secondo Hubbard, sbagliava.
Massimo Introvigne
L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology, and the Visual Arts. 2. The Myth of the Loose-Moraled Artist
For a certain culture, being a good artist came to be “commonly identified with being loose-moraled, wicked, idle, and drunken.” That culture, Hubbard believed, was wrong.
Hubbard, Scientology e le arti figurative. 1. La mente estetica
Il fondatore di Scientology ha dedicato molta attenzione all’estetica. I suoi testi sul tema rimangono però poco noti.
L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology, and the Visual Arts. 1. The Aesthetic Mind
The founder of Scientology devoted much attention to aesthetics. However, his texts on the subject remain little-known.
Japans Religionsspenden-Gesetz. 3. Ein amerikanischer Präzedenzfall
Im Jahr 1931 stellte der Oberste Gerichtshof von Kalifornien in dem bahnbrechenden Fall „People vs. Blackburn“ fest, dass die Behauptung eines inspirierten religiösen Wissens und das Sammeln von Spenden selbst für eine marginale religiöse Bewegung Teil der Religionsfreiheit ist.
Świadkowie Jehowy a unikanie kontaktów. 2. Odłączenie się i wykluczenie
Odłączenie się nie jest tym samym, co po prostu bycie nieaktywnym. Nie wyklucza się też za drobne błędy, tylko za ciężkie grzechy, za które nie okazano skruchy.
Japan Religious Donations Law. 4. The Return of Brainwashing
Brainwashing was debunked by scholars of new religious movements as pseudoscience already in the 20th century. It now returns in Japan.
Świadkowie Jehowy a unikanie kontaktów 1. Dlaczego praktykują unikanie kontaktów
Unikanie kontaktów z wykluczonymi byłymi członkami wyznania to typowa praktyka religii monoteistycznych. Uczeni podają argumenty uzasadniające jej stosowanie
Japans Religionsspenden-Gesetz . 2. „Angst“ und religiöser Betrug
Das neue Gesetz verbietet Spenden, die auf „Angst vor Unglück in diesem oder im nächsten Leben und auf dem Vertrauen in „inspirierte“ Lehrer beruhen, und stellt damit alle Religionen unter Verdacht.
Prince Shotoku and the (Non-)Independence of Law
The 7th-century Japanese ruler taught that law and its enforcement cannot be independent from conscience.
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.