Like other religious movements, the group was accused by its opponents of luring and “brainwashing” prospective converts.
Massimo Introvigne
The Jesus Christians. 5. Answering the “Left Behind” Book Series
By publishing novels of their own, challenging the famous end-of-the-world franchise, the group presented its post-tribulationist millennialism.
Behind the Dissolution of the Unification Church: Japan’s Communist Party, North Korea, and China
A chronology of the facts proving that Communist agencies and countries worked to destroy the religious movement.
China’s Shadow Over the Conclave: Two Bishops Appointed Without Vatican’s Approval
During the “sede vacante,” no new bishop can be designated in the Catholic Church, as only the Pope can do it. Yet, Beijing “elected” new bishops in Shanghai and Xinxiang.
The Jesus Christians. 4. The Nullarbor Walkers
Walking through a treeless desert for 1,600 kilometers without food, water, or money was an attempt to wake up a dormant country for God.
Testigos de Jehová en España: Una victoria y una derrota en apelación
Continúa el caos judicial mientras diferentes secciones de la Audiencia Provincial de Madrid dictan resoluciones diferentes sobre hechos similares.
Carlo Adolfo Schlatter: A Theosophical Painter in Florence
The artist devoted several years to “present the essence of Theosophy in a concise, simple but conclusive form.”
Norsko: Odvolací soud „zcela očistil“ svědky Jehovovy
Nesprávné rozhodnutí, že tato organizace už kvůli svému přístupu k bývalým členům nebude dostávat státní dotace a přijde o registraci, bylo zrušeno v odvolacím řízení.
The Jesus Christians. 3. A Passage to India
Cleaning Chennai’s Pondy Bazaar sewer, 1993.
The Jesus Christians. 2. Criticizing “Churchianity”
A radical proposal: to follow Jesus rather than the institutional churches, the group experimented with living in poverty and limiting the use of money to a minimum.
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.