Unbelievably, 24 hours after a news media portal attacked the JWs, the General Prosecutor’s Office announced proceedings aimed at a possible Russian-style “termination.”
Massimo Introvigne
La lutte pour la confession. 4. Le cas de l’Église de Scientology
La Scientology est un exemple unique de religion où la confidentialité fait partie de l’essence de ses pratiques religieuses fondamentales.
Մարդու իրավունքների եվրոպական դատարանը ցրում է Եհովայի վկաների մասին հակաաղանդավորական առասպելները
Մարտի 22-ին Հայաստանը պատասխանատվության ենթարկվեց Լեռնային Ղարաբաղում կայացված որոշումների համար և տանուլ տվեց այդ կարևոր գործը։
Ivan Ilyin: Early Russian Fascist “Anti-Cult” Philosopher–and Putin’s Guru?
A controversy continues between scholars affirming and denying Ilyin’s crucial influence on Putin. Perhaps his influence is different than many believe.
La lutte pour la confession. 3. Qu’en est-il des États-Unis ?
La jurisprudence et les lois des États américains protègent le secret de la confession pour toutes les religions. Cependant, la crise des prêtres pédophiles a suscité des appels à son abolition.
La lutte pour la confession. 2. Controverses européennes
Alors qu’en Italie, le Concordat avec l’Église catholique crée une situation particulière, dans d’autres pays, les attaques contre la protection juridique du secret de la confession prennent de l’ampleur.
Sind Apostaten vertrauenswürdig? 5. Warum manche zu Apostaten werden
Ehemalige Mitglieder, die abtrünnig werden, „lernen“ ihre Rolle oft von Anti-Kult-Bewegungen.
La lutte pour la confession. 1. La controverse australienne
Un livre très important aborde de manière critique les propositions visant à abolir les lois protégeant le secret de la confession religieuse.
Sind Apostaten vertrauenswürdig? 4. Nicht alle Ex-Mitglieder sind Apostaten
Leider verwechseln die Medien oft zwei sehr unterschiedliche Gruppen, nämlich ehemalige Mitglieder von religiösen Organisationen und Apostaten. Die meisten Ex-Mitglieder sind keine Apostaten.
Hare Krishna (ISKCON) in Bangladesh: Why Violence Continues
Attacks against temples and murders of devotees are not the products of local mobs only. Some political forces believe they can benefit from them.
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.