« 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.
Massimo Introvigne
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。
日本における統一教会の解散：誤った決定の徹底分析２：民法上の不法行為と「公共の福祉」
この決定は、数十年にわたる判例を覆し、刑事上の有罪判決がない場合でも、民事訴訟と社会規範からの逸脱だけで解散できると判示した。
Dane Rudhyar: Theosophist, Composer, Astrologer, Artist
The world-famous astrologer and member of the Theosophical Society was also a gifted painter and participated in significant 20th-century artistic movements.
When Dvorkin Called FECRIS “Cowards and Racists”
“Bitter Winter” acquired an interesting document on the relationship between the most prominent Russian anti-cultist and the notorious European anti-cult federation.
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Spain: One Won, One Lost on Appeal
Judicial chaos continues as different sections of Madrid’s Provincial Court render different decisions on similar facts. by Massimo Introvigne Madrid’s Audiencia Provincial Civil. Credits. In 2023 and 2024, “Bitter Winter” reported about the strange situation created...
Unification Church Dissolution in Japan: An In-Depth Analysis of a Wrong Decision. 5. Violating Religious Liberty
The verdict tries to claim its decision is compatible with freedom of religion or belief. It is not.
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.