A “World Association Against Heresy” organizes world tours of Korean pastors, led by a convicted deprogrammer, asking democratic countries to deport Church of Almighty God asylum seekers back to China.
Massimo Introvigne
Pakistan, 17-Year-Old Christian Worker Forcibly Converted to Islam by His Employer
Reportedly, Samsoon Javed was told he could either surrender his religion or his job. His mother suspects the real story may be even worse.
Il dibattito teologico ed esoterico sull’esistenza dei vampiri (secoli XVII-XIX). 5. Echi ottocenteschi e novecenteschi di un antico dibattito
Il grande dibattito accademico sui vampiri del Settecento ha una “coda” tra i demonologi dell’Ottocento. Dopo, rimangono soltanto figure folkloristiche o marginali.
The Theological and Esoteric Debate on the Existence of Vampires (17th–19th centuries). 5. Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Echoes of an Old Discussion.
The great academic debate on vampires of the eighteenth century was restarted by some nineteenth-century demonologists—but it was soon marginalized.
“Religious Persecution Is the New Pandemic”: An Interview with Knox Thames
In a powerful new book, the American scholar and former diplomat offers innovative solutions for the global freedom of religion crisis.
Russia: Accusations of “Satanism” Used as a Tool for Anti-LGBT Repression
Ilya Zhuravlev, a medical doctor of Ulyanovsk, has been arrested and absurdly charged with spreading the idea that being homosexual is needed for proper “devil-worshiping.”
Il dibattito teologico ed esoterico sull’esistenza dei vampiri (secoli XVII-XIX). 4. Equivoci sulla posizione di Dom Augustin Calmet
Voltaire ha presentato lo studioso benedettino, che ha scritto di vampiri, come un credulone. In realtà nel corso degli anni le sue posizioni sono passate da dubitative a scettiche.
The Theological and Esoteric Debate on the Existence of Vampires (17th–19th centuries). 4. How Calmet’s Position Was Misunderstood
Voltaire presented the Benedictine scholar, who wrote about vampires, as gullible. In reality over the years his positions went from dubious to skeptical.
Las Transfusiones Sanguíneas y los Testigos de Jehová: Por Qué el Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos Condenó a España
La Gran Sala declaró por unanimidad que un paciente adulto competente tiene derecho a rechazar cualquier tratamiento médico, incluido la transfusión sanguínea.
Is Something Rotten in the State of Denmark? A Strange Case Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses
A tabloid’s campaign led the Ministry of Churches to start a “supervision case” based on accusations already judged ill-founded almost everywhere in the world.
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.