Hotărârea pronunțată de Tribunalul din Florența, care a stabilit că o organizație antisectă este vinovată de defăimarea Soka Gakkai, are importanță istorică.
Stefania Palmisano
Do Not Call Them “Cults”: An Italian Court Condemns the Use of the “C” Word
The decision by the Court of Florence, which found an anti-cult organization guilty of defaming Soka Gakkai, is historically significant.
Stefania Palmisano
Stefania Palmisano is an Associate Professor in the Sociology of Religion at the University of Turin, Italy, where she teaches the sociology of religion and the sociology of organization. She was a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University and a Visiting Research Fellow, the Department of Religion, Philosophy and Cultural Heritage at Wolverhampton University. She is a member of the editorial board of “Social Compass,” “Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review,” “Journal for the Study of Spirituality,” “Frontiers in Sociology.” and “Fieldwork in Religion.” In addition, she is the coordinator of the research center CRAFT (Contemporary Religion and Faiths in Transition) based in the Department of Culture, Politics and Society at Turin University. She is the author of “Exploring New Monastic Communities: The Re-invention of Tradition” (Ashgate, 2015), co-editor with Isabelle Jonveaux of “Monasticism in Modern Times” (Routledge, 2016), and co-editor with Nicola Pannofino of three books: “Invention of Tradition and Syncretism in Contemporary Religions: Sacred Creativity” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017); “Contemporary Spiritualities: Enchanted Worlds of Nature, Wellbeing and Mystery in Italy” (Routledge, 2020); and “Damanhur: An Esoteric Community Open to the World” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023).