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.”
Massimo Introvigne
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.
Il dibattito teologico ed esoterico sull’esistenza dei vampiri (secoli XVII-XIX). 3. Interpretazioni razionaliste, teologiche, esoteriche
Antoine Faivre, il padre dei “vampire studies”, ha distinto tra posizioni illuministe, demonologiche e “paracelsiane” nel dibattito settecentesco sull’esistenza dei vampiri.
The Theological and Esoteric Debate on the Existence of Vampires (17th–19th centuries). 3. Rationalist, Theological, and Esoteric Interpretations
Antoine Faivre, the father of “vampire studies,” distinguished between Enlightenment-inspired, demonological, and “Paracelsian” positions.
A Scandal in Italy: Lists of Church of Almighty God Members Seeking Asylum in Italy Published in China
A site likely connected with Chinese intelligence services publishes lists of refugees who have applied for asylum in Italy. How does it get them?
Uno scandalo italiano. Elenchi di richiedenti asilo cinesi della Chiesa di Dio Onnipotente pubblicati in Cina
Un sito verosimilmente legato ai servizi di intelligence cinese pubblica liste di rifugiati che hanno presentato domanda di asilo in Italia. Come fa ad averle?
Il dibattito teologico ed esoterico sull’esistenza dei vampiri (secoli XVII-XIX). 2. Un’epidemia di vampirismo nell’Impero Austro-Ungarico
Tra la fine del Seicento e il terzo decennio del Settecento la possibilità che i vampiri esistano è dapprima ammessa ma finalmente esclusa dalle autorità imperiali.
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.