Les anciens membres qui deviennent apostats « apprennent » souvent leurs rôles grâce aux mouvements antisectes.
Massimo Introvigne
Peut-on se fier aux apostats ? 4. Tous les anciens membres ne sont pas des apostats
Malheureusement les médias confondent souvent deux catégories de personnes bien distinctes : les anciens membres d’organisations religieuses et les apostats. La plupart des anciens membres ne sont pas des apostats.
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church: Putin Is “Destroying the Basic Principles of Peace”
Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk calls the Russian actions “a new wave of armed aggression.”
Peut-on se fier aux apostats ? 3. Désaffiliation et récits d’emprisonnement
Une différence considérable existe entre l’approche universitaire de la désaffiliation et les affabulations des mouvements antisecte, qui ne sont pas sans rappeler les fables de jeunes filles blanches enlevées par des Amérindiens.
Donetsk and Luhansk: Pseudo-States Denying Religious Liberty
The state protection of the Russian Orthodox Church monopoly and the repression of the minorities are among the most brutal in the world.
Peut-on se fier aux apostats ? 2. Les faux apostats
Certaines personnes, affirmant avoir appartenu à une religion ou à un mouvement religieux et prétendant en connaître les secrets, ne disent pas la vérité.
“A New Form of Human Civilization”: A New Dangerous Slogan
Claims for the Communist Party and China’s historical superiority become increasingly extravagant. But they have consequences.
Peut-on se fier aux apostats ? 1. Le problème de l’apostasie
Les apostats sont d’anciens membres de religions ou de mouvements religieux dont ils sont devenus les ennemis jurés. Il en existe depuis des siècles.
The Strange Russian War Against Reiki
“Experts” call Reiki an “occult religion” or a “destructive cult.” They misunderstand what Reiki is all about.
Did Nostradamus Predict a World War Starting in Ukraine?
Some try to persuade us that Nostradamus, the French 16th-century astrologer, predicted World War III and widespread religious persecution. A look at the “Nostradamologists.”
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.