His early life shows a genuine spiritual search shaped by Soviet repression and yoga practice, far removed from the later “cult leader” stereotype.
Massimo Introvigne
日本の統一教会問題：仏教者・水田真道住職が声を上げる
金剛寺の住職は、今回の解散命令を機に、宗教に対する扱いが変質し、あらゆる宗教団体が脅かされかねないと警鐘を鳴らす。
The Unification Church Case in Japan: Buddhist Leader Shindo Mizuta Speaks Out
Kongoji Temple’s Chief Priest warns that the dissolution is reshaping Japan’s treatment of religion in ways that threaten every faith community.
Konstantin Rudnev: Eleven Years in the Russian Jails
The long imprisonment in Russia shaped both his present understanding of spirituality and his reflections on a penal system he experienced in its harshest form.
The Tai Ji Men and the Yenish: When Bureaucrats Ignore the Courts
In the drama of the Yenish children unjustly separated from their families in Switzerland, bureaucrats resisted the courts for decades—just as happened in the Tai Ji Men case.
日本の統一教会事件はいかにして道を踏み外したのか：中山達樹弁護士が語る舞台裏
文芸評論家・小川榮太郎氏との対談を通じて、政治的圧力、過熱報道、そして信頼性に疑問がある証拠が、いかにして司法の失敗を招いたのかが明らかになる。
Now They Come for Jesus: Anti-Cultist Admits She Aims to Destroy Christianity
In an exceptional (if ugly) book, “cult hunter” Be Scofield attacks Jesus as the ultimate “cult leader.” She is not alone.
Infracțiunile motivate de ură împotriva Martorilor lui Iehova în Europa Occidentală
Când mass-media promovează intoleranța, iar autoritățile, discriminarea, consecința firească este violența.
Theodora Walter and the Theosophical Roots of Trinidadian Art
A deeply spiritual painter who befriended Rudolf Steiner and helped define a nation’s visual identity.
Ga. Sharavjamts and the Mongolian Myths China Tried to Silence
His passing removes a major thinker whose theory of myth shaped contemporary scholarship—and whose intellectual courage brought decades of repression.
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 Pennsylvania 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.