手製の銃が安倍氏を殺した。しかし引き金を引いたのは、仕組まれた「モラルパニック」だった。それは反カルト・テロリズムの典型例である。
Massimo Introvigne
Yamagami and the Evil Teachers: The Cult of Not Calling It Terrorism
A homemade gun may have killed Abe but a manufactured moral panic pulled the trigger. It was a textbook case of anti-cult terrorism.
Maine: Anti-Cultist Janja Lalich Led a Judge to Conclude that Even Calvary Chapel Is a “Cultic Organization”
A court ordered that a child should not be exposed by his mother to the “harmful” teachings of Calvary, based on the “expert’s” testimony. The case is now before Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court.
“Seeking the Koko’ Ta’ay”—Taiwan’s Little People, Big Questions
A book suggests that legends about vanished short-statured beings may have a kernel of truth—and challenge the Han-centered narrative of the history of China.
The Gospel According to the Elves: Quebec Secularism Law Targets Even Baby Jesus
Quebec’s new “Secularism 2.0” law is less about neutrality than about neutering religion, reducing faith to folklore while policing prayer out of public life.
Inequality with Chinese Characteristics: How to Atomize a Nation Without Firing a Shot
A new book by Alexsia T. Chan claims that discrimination against internal migrant workers is not an accident but a strategy.
From Thunderclaps to Temples: The Origins of La Luz del Mundo
The church will celebrate its centenary in 2026. Its origins explain its success.
鈴木エイト氏が向き合おうとしない鏡像──安倍晋三を殺したのはヘイトスピーチだった
反カルトジャーナリストは、旧統一教会関連団体にメッセージを送ったことが落ち度だったと被害者を咎めた。しかし咎められるべきは彼のヘイトスピーチである。
日本の統一教会：紀藤弁護士、社会学者に社会学を教える
社会学者が統一教会バッシングを批判。反カルト弁護士の返答は、社会学の基本原則を理解していないことを露わにしている。
The Mirror Eight Suzuki Refuses to Face: Hate Speech Killed Shinzo Abe
The anti-cult journalist blames the victim for a message he sent to a Unification Church-related organization. He should instead blame himself for the hate he spread.
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.