The community’s account of the origins of the universe and humankind is metaphysical, psychological, and ethical.
Massimo Introvigne
韓国、マザーハンを起訴：宗教弾圧へと転落する民主国家
いま問われているのは、韓国が宗教の自由を尊重する民主国家であり続けるか――それとも、中国の衛星国となり、信仰が罪とされる国へと転落するかという問題である。
Inside Lifechanyuan. 2. A Journey Across Time, Spirit, and Borders
Persecution hit the movement after Xi Jinping came to power in China, leading many members to seek asylum in Thailand and Canada.
Inside Lifechanyuan. 1. A Community of Light in the Shadows of Persecution
I was the first scholar to visit the “Second Home” in Thailand of a unique spiritual family that combines Buddhism, esoteric traditions, and religion-based “communism.”
予言された死：韓国検察の圧力で初の犠牲者が出た
マザー・ハンを起訴した同じ特別検察官とチームによる同じ捜査が、楊平郡職員の自殺につながったのは、当然のことだった。
Victory for Religious Liberty: Washington State Drops Assault on the Seal of Confession
Laws compelling clergy to report information on crimes obtained in confession threaten freedom of religion and do not serve any useful purpose.
A Death Foretold: South Korea’s Prosecutorial Pressure Claims Its First Victim
The same investigation by the same Special Prosecutor and team persecuting Mother Han led, not surprisingly, to the suicide of a Yangpyeong County official.
マザーハンを解放せよ！ソン牧師を解放せよ！韓国の民主主義の危機に立ち向かう
家庭連合の指導者と釜山セゲロ教会の尊敬される牧師は、「韓国法に従う」のでなく、むしろ破る形で拘束されている。
South Korea Indicts Mother Han: A Democratic Nation’s Descent into Religious Repression
The question is now whether South Korea will remain a democracy that respects religious freedom—or become a satellite of China and a state where faith is punished.
“Return Every Child”: Yale’s Forensic Portrait of Russia’s War on Ukrainian Childhood
How Putin steals and indoctrinates Ukrainian children, and why his ICC arrest warrant for crimes against humanity is fully justified.
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.