“Cult” opponents in Japan started networking with China and the American and European anti-cult movement well before the assassination of Shinzo Abe.
Massimo Introvigne
魂の闘い：後藤徹氏が語る、「監禁」と「勇気」の壮絶な物語
家族とディプログラマーによって12年以上にわたり監禁された日本人統一教会信者の物語は、多くの人に知られるべきものである。
Around Giacomo Balla: Italian Futurists and Theosophy. 2. Futurism and the Theosophical Society
Arnaldo Ginna, a pioneer of Futurism and abstract art, joined the Theosophical Society in 1913. Theosophy profoundly influenced others as well.
FRANȚA: MIVILUDES pierde din nou un proces împotriva Martorilor lui Iehova
Tribunalul Administrativ din Paris a constatat că 11 pasaje din raportul anual 2021 întocmit de agenția antisecte din cadrul guvernului francez sunt defăimătoare.
Religiosamente irreligioso. Pietro Gori, il profeta ribelle, celebrato a Rosignano
Il 14 agosto è stato il 160° anniversario della nascita del famoso anarchico, che ha vissuto le sue convinzioni politiche come se fossero una religione.
Religiously Irreligious: Celebrating Pietro Gori, the Rebel Prophet of Rosignano
August 14 was the 160th anniversary of the birth of the famous anarchist, who lived his political beliefs as if they were a religion.
Around Giacomo Balla: Italian Futurists and Theosophy. 1. Early Theosophy in Italy and the Arts
Since its origins in the late 19th century, Italy’s Theosophical Society has influenced leading artists.
Stephen Kent Unmasks Himself: From Anti-Cult Scholar to Anti-Religion Crusader
“Psychobiographies and Godly Vision” argues that Paul the Apostle, Muhammad, and most founders of religions were no less mentally disturbed than “cult” leaders.
Raided and Terrorized: China Cracks Down Again on Life Zen Temple
A member who escaped abroad reports to “Bitter Winter” the terror of the new raids against an idiosyncratic but peaceful new religious movement.
Nisei: Are Second-Generation Apostates from the Unification Church Reliable? 4. Most Nisei Are Not Apostates
There are many more second-generation members who happily remain in the Unification Church than apostates who publicly oppose 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.