The deceased Pontiff’s favorite artist, poem, and film tell us something of his ideas about the social and prophetic role of the arts.
Massimo Introvigne
Chinese Communist Party Hails the Dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan
A statement by the Party-controlled China Anti-Cult Association celebrates a verdict against the “anti-communist” church and hopes it will inspire similar moves abroad.
Pope Francis and China: A Difficult Legacy
The Pope proclaimed admirable principles that are antithetical to Xi Jinping’s thought. However, his diplomatic efforts with China did not yield the results he had hoped for.
“Nixon Addendum”: New Movie on Hong Kong Premieres on “Bitter Winter”
President Nixon’s visit to China in 1972 was the beginning of the end for Hong Kong as an oasis in China’s red desert.
日本における統一教会の解散：誤った決定の徹底分析５：信教の自由の侵害
この決定は、それが宗教や信念の自由と両立すると主張しているが、そうではない。
Quand Dvorkin a traité la FECRIS de « lâches et racistes »
« Bitter Winter » a obtenu un document intéressant sur les relations entre l’anti-sectes russe le plus en vue et la célèbre fédération anti-sectes européenne.
Titian’s Easter Bunny: A Very Serious Business
The hare represented Jesus and his virgin birth, as the hares were (falsely) believed to reproduce without loss of virginity.
French Cassation: Secular Judges Cannot Review Excluding Decisions by Religious Courts
The Court stated it could not assess the regularity or merits of a Catholic canonical verdict dismissing a deacon from the clerical state.
日本における統一教会の解散：誤った決定の徹底分析４：２００９年のコンプライアンス宣言
重要な疑問は、事件が2009年以降ほぼゼロにまで減少したかどうかだ。裁判所はこれに異議を唱えたが、裁判所の数字自体がこれが事実であることを裏付けている。
日本における統一教会の解散：誤った決定の徹底分析３：和解と「顕在化していない」事案
不条理なことに、裁判所は、和解、陳述書、さらには請求が存在しない仮想的なケースも解散の理由として考慮すべきであると決定した。
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.