Un libro molto importante affronta criticamente le proposte di abolire le leggi che proteggono il segreto della confessione.
Massimo Introvigne
China, Russia: “Virus Came from Ukraine”, New Study: “No, from a Lab in Wuhan”
The CCP uses Russian stories of Americans creating viruses in Ukraine to answer new authoritative claims that the COVID-19 virus was created in a Chinese lab.
Заслуживают ли отступники доверия? 4. Не все бывшие приверженцы религии отступники
К сожалению, СМИ часто путают две совершенно разные категории: бывших членов религиозных организаций и отступников. Большинство бывших членов не отступники.
Ukraine: Why the Moscow Patriarch Supports Putin’s War
Kirill’s “terrible sermon” of March 6, where he justified the invasion as preventing “Gay Prides,” comes from a dangerous apocalyptic theology.
The Struggle for Confession. 5. The Future of the Confessional Privilege
Will the legal protection of the content of confession and similar practices against its mandatory disclosure, even when a crime is involved, survive the present assault?
Church of Almighty God Persecution Continues to Increase
The “2021 Annual Report on the Chinese Communist Government’s Persecution of The Church of Almighty God” is rich in statistics— and every number hides a tragedy.
The Rome Model and the Tai Ji Men Case
Intolerance becomes discrimination, and discrimination becomes persecution. This is what happened to Tai Ji Men.
Заслуживают ли отступники доверия? 3. Выход из религии и рассказы пленников
Есть существенная разница между научным изучением выхода из религии и антикультистскими баснями, напоминающими старые истории о белых девушках, похищенных коренными американцами.
The Struggle for Confession. 4. The Case of the Church of Scientology
Scientology is a unique example of a religion where confidentiality is part of the essence of its central religious practices.
Заслуживают ли отступники доверия? 2. Лжеотступники
Некоторые, кто утверждают, что были членами религии или движения и посвящены в их тайны, просто лгут.
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.