A committed member of the Theosophical Society, whose quiet creativity shaped the spiritual vision of Salarrué and their three artist daughters
Massimo Introvigne
Rwandan Muslims and the Genocide. 2. “Good Muslims” vs “Bad Christians”?
Black-and-white depictions are rarely accurate. However, the idea that, as a community, Muslims fought against the genocide has more than a kernel of truth.
Rwandan Muslims and the Genocide against the Tutsi. 1. A Marginal Community
Religious organizations played a less-than-commendable role in the 1994 tragedy. Muslims were somewhat different.
Canadian Chaplains and the Boundaries of State Neutrality
A new federal policy on spiritual language in the armed forces raises concerns about freedom of conscience and religion’s future place in Canadian public life.
The Cult of Nyabingi in Rwanda. 3. The Revolt of Ndochibiri
After the repression of its second insurrection, the Nyabingi movement went underground.
米国で強制労働法と宗教が衝突：国連への提出文書が警鐘
新たに国連に提出されたNGO声明は、人身取引法の拡大解釈によって、スピリチュアルな共同体が危険にさらされると警鐘を鳴らしている。
韓国：韓鶴子総裁に懲役2年の判決――彼女は無実である
検察は懲役13年を求刑していた。しかし、無実の被告人に下されるべきなのは、検察の面目を保つための「寛大な」判決ではなく、無罪判決である。
The Cult of Nyabingi in Rwanda. 2. Muhumuza’s Insurrection
How an exiled queen claimed to be an incarnation of the spirit and transformed a spiritual movement into an anti-colonial revolt.
South Korea: Mother Han Sentenced to Two Years. She Is Innocent
The prosecutor had requested thirteen years. But innocent defendants should be acquitted, not receive “lenient” sentences to save the prosecutors’ face.
The Cult of Nyabingi in Rwanda. 1. A Subversive African Spirituality
The story of the most important East African millenarian movement and the spirit that allegedly gave rise to it.
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.