Leading anti-cultist Dr. Cathleen A. Mann expressed her doubts that Hassan was an “expert on cults” and indeed “an expert in anything,” except “Hassanology.”
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The Truth, Please, About Steven Hassan. 3. Is He Really an “Expert”?
Hassan’s “authority” does not come from academia but from his past as a “cult” member and a deprogrammer.
The Truth, Please, About Steven Hassan. 2. “Cults,” “Cults” Everywhere!
From members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to supporters of Donald Trump, all groups Hassan dislikes are identified as “cults.”
The Truth, Please, About Steven Hassan. 1. The “BITE Model” as Pseudoscience
The American anti-cultist’s ideology is just the old, discredited “brainwashing” ideology under a new name.
The Unification Church Verdict: The New Martyrs of Japan
A profoundly wrong court decision tries to assassinate a religious organization.
“The Broken China Dream”: Xi Jinping, the West, and the Prosperity Trap
If you thought that capitalism and the rise of Chinese billionaires would soften the Communist Party’s totalitarian rule, now you need to think again.
Kang Youwei: A Confucian Monarchist in the New World
A monumental book focuses on the American years and mystical utopianism of a reformer who has been curiously rediscovered in Xi Jinping’s China
Walking Toward the Hereafter: Rediscovering Maurice Chabas, Painter of the Invisible
Why I fell in love with a little-known artist (and member of the Theosophical Society) who was once at the crossroads of Paris’ esoteric life.
The Hamitic-Arabs of America: Unearthing America’s Forgotten Muslims
A book by Fathie bin Ali Abdat tells the fascinating story of Professor Muhammed Ezaldeen and his unique American Islamic religious movement.
Africa, Not Even Rhinos Are Safe from Chinese Neo-Colonialism
Trading in rhino horns is illegal and threatens the survival of the magnificent animals. Yet, China’s myth of the medicinal effectiveness of horn powder fuels a network of corruption.
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.