An op-ed supporting the crackdowns in Korea and Japan was written by an executive from a split group that has been at odds with Ms. Moon for years.
Massimo Introvigne
Religione, esoterismo e suicidio. 5. Jon Nödtveidt e l’Ordine Misantropico Luciferiano
Il satanismo “anticosmico” di alcune band Black e Death Metal odia tutto e tutti. Il suicidio è una conseguenza logica.
“Fox in the Henhouse”: U.S. Taxpayers Financing China’s Military Progress
A parliamentary report provides troubling data on how American universities use public funds for joint projects with army-related Chinese partners.
Religion, Esotericism, and Suicide. 5. Jon Nödtveidt and the Misanthropic Luciferian Order
The “anti-cosmic” Satanism of some Black and Death Metal bands hates everything and everybody. Suicide is a logical consequence.
Religione, esoterismo e suicidio. 4. Suicidi (e omicidi) collettivi di nuovi movimenti religiosi
La retorica sulle “sette” oscura quello che è accaduto nei casi di Jonestown, del Tempio Solare, di Heaven’s Gate e di Kanungu – e il perché.
Religion, Esotericism, and Suicide. 4. New Religious Movements Mass Suicides (and Homicides)
The “cult” rhetoric obscures what happened in Jonestown, the Solar Temple, Heaven’s Gate, and Kanungu—and why.
Understanding Xi Jinping by Studying His Father Xi Zhongxun: A New Biography
Joseph Torigian’s “The Party Interests Come First” focuses on an important yet often misunderstood Chinese revolutionary.
Religione, esoterismo e suicidio. 3. Il Sallekhana giainista, l’auto-immolazione buddhista e il terrorismo suicida islamico
Mentre i giainisti cercano la liberazione spirituale alla fine della vita, l’auto-immolazione buddhista e gli attentati suicidi musulmani sono forme diverse di azioni politico-religiose.
Religion, Esotericism, and Suicide. 3. Jain Sallekhana, Buddhist Self-Immolation, Islamic Suicide Terrorism
While Jains seek spiritual liberation at the end of life, Buddhist self-immolation and Muslim suicidal bombing are different forms of politico-religious actions.
Around Giacomo Balla: Italian Futurists and Theosophy. 5. The Mature Balla and Theosophy
Balla created memorable Futurist-Theosophical icons before leaving Futurism, becoming a “Fascist realist,” and returning to abstract art in his late years.
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.