The 2018 International Conference
TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS: EAST ASIA, THE WEST, AND BEYOND
17 June - 23 June 2018
Weixin College, Taichung Branch, Taichung, Taiwan
Call for Papers

Religion and Civil Society in the Post-Soviet Era: Central Asia and Beyond
American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
19-20 March 2018
Call for Papers

FIRMA - Faiths In Tune
Festival Internazionale delle Religioni tramite la Musica e le Arti

Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino, 10-14 Maggio 2018

The Journal of CESNUR

Volume 1, Issue 1, September–October 2017 (View full issue)

Introduction: The Radical Aesthetics of a Romanian Esoteric Movement
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 3–9) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2017.1.1.1

Esotericism, Deviance, and Repression: An Introduction to the Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute (MISA)
PierLuigi Zoccatelli
(pp. 10–19) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2017.1.1.2

MISA, the Anti-Cult Movement and the Courts: The Legal Repression of an Esoteric Movement
Raffaella Di Marzio
(pp. 20–31) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2017.1.1.3

Sex, Erotic Art, and the Repression of Alternative Movements: The Strange Case of an Esoteric Movie Director
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 32–42) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2017.1.1.4

The Religious Background of the Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute
J. Gordon Melton
(pp. 43–60) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2017.1.1.5

“Cruel Killing, Brutal Killing, Kill the Beast”: Investigating the 2014 McDonald’s “Cult Murder” in Zhaoyuan
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 61–73) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2017.1.1.6

Le religioni in Italia

Church of Almighty God Releases Report on Persecution in China

New Asian Religions in a Globalized World, University of Missouri at Columbia, 1-3 November 2017 - Report - PowerPoint

Religioni in Italia – Statistiche aggiornate 2017
Religions in Italy – Updated Statistics 2017

International Religious Freedom Day 2017
CESNUR’s Statement on Refugees Fleeing Religious Persecution

Proceedings of the Seoul 2017 conference on religion based refugee claims and the case of the Church of Almighty God

Anti-Extremism Laws and Scientology in Russia: A session at the conference Religion(s) and Power(s)
Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, 5 October 2017: Introvigne, Falikov, Zoccatelli
Further documents

An Answer and an Open Letter about TED's Video on Cults

THEOSOPHY, NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS AND THE ARTS. Presentations by Massimo Introvigne.

Origin: Dan Brown vs the Pope of Palmar de Troya by Massimo Introvigne

Documentazione sul “Codice da Vinci” – Documents on the “Da Vinci Code”

Religious Liberty: Documentation
Libertà religiosa: documentazione

Pedophile Priests. The Social Construction of a Moral Panic, by Massimo Introvigne
Preti pedofili e attacco alla Chiesa: ulteriore documentazione / Further Documentation

The Current Status of  Catholic Sedevacantism and Antipopes, by PierLuigi Zoccatelli
(Updated May 2016)

Twenty Years of CESNUR
A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion – Chicago, November 2, 2008, by Massimo Introvigne

Conference center in Torino / Uffici arredati a Torino: Terrazza Solferino

NUOVO LIBRO
Massimo Introvigne
Satanism: A Social History
Brill, Leiden 2016

Review by Per Faxneld (Reading Religion, 7 March 2017)
Review by Eileen Barker (Religion and Society in Central and Eastern Europe, 9.1. 2016)

Vampires, Religion and Culture: A selection of articles

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