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(THEMATIC INDEX - PER ARGOMENTO)
Barker wins Marty Award for Contributions to the Public Understanding of Religion
Fall 2000 AAR RSN, pg 9
Defining the New Spirituality - by George D. Chryssides (University of Wolverhampton) - A paper presented at CESNUR 14th International Conference, Riga, Latvia, August 29-31, 2000
Sacred stories in religious biographies - by Lea Altnurme (University of Tartu, Estonia) – A paper presented at CESNUR 2000 international conference in Riga, Latvia, August 29-31 2000
'The Jesus of the Cults': How the Esoteric Christ Became the Christ of Scholars - by Philip Jenkins (Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies, Pennsylvania State University). A paper presented at CESNUR 2000 international conference, Riga, Latvia, August 29-31 2000
J. Gordon Melton's Interview on New Religions with "Speak Magazine" (by John Mardas - No. 2, Summer 2000)
CESNUR Book Collection Launched in the U.S.: Review in the 'Deseret News', August 19, 2000
Associated Press on Jeff Hadden, Massimo Introvigne,Web Sites and New Religious Movements (June 22, 2000)
Cult War Dialogue: "Combatants in Cult War Attempt Reconciliation Peacemaking conference is held near Seattle"
by Don Lattin ("The San Francisco Chronicle", Monday, May 1, 2000)
World Christian Encyclopedia (Barrett)
Dr Eileen Barker honored in UK- January 13, 2000
Quel nuovo bisogno di sacro - di Massimo Introvigne, da "Il Sole 24 Ore" del 22 dicembre 1999
Important Christmas Article in The New York Times Salutes "New Religious Movements" as a New Academic Field (see text: "Alternative Religions as a Growth Industry", by Gustav Niebuhr, December 25, 1999)
Massimo Introvigne - Bibliografia
A Cultural Event: Proceedings of the LISOR Project on the Definition of Religion Published - by PierLuigi Zoccatelli
"Fedeli senza appartenenza" - di Massimo Introvigne ("Il Sole - 24 ore", 10 ottobre 1999)
New Religious Movements in Latvia in the Mirror of the Press - by Nikandrs Gills (University of Latvia)
La Congregazione per l'Educazione Cattolica pubblica un fascicolo del suo organo "Seminarium" su Il cristianesimo e le religioni - testo dell'articolo di Massimo Introvigne "L'esplosione delle nuove religioni"
Collana "Religioni e Movimenti" - Monografie su correnti e gruppi a cura del CESNUR (Edizioni Elle Di Ci)
Syncretism and religious market - by Pino Lucà Trombetta, University of Bologna (A paper presented at CESNUR 99 conference, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania)
The Rise of the Study of New Religions, by J. Gordon Melton. A paper presented at CESNUR 99 conference in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania
New Religions in Latvia in 1997/1998 - A paper presented at CESNUR 98, Turin, by Dr Solveiga Krumina-Konkova, Director of the Academic Centre for the Study of Religions, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia
L'attività missionaria nelle Valli Valdesi dei gruppi americani "non tradizionali" (Mormoni, Avventisti, Testimoni di Geova), di Michael W. Homer - Relazione presentata al XXXVIII Convegno di Studi sulla Riforma e sui movimenti religiosi in Italia organizzato dalla Società di Studi Valdesi e dal Centro Culturale Valdese - Torre Pellice, 30 agosto - 1 settembre 1998
Luigi Berzano - Massimo Introvigne,Il gigante invisibile. Nuove credenze e minoranze religiose nella provincia di Foggia. Con contributi di Anna Iuso, Giacomo Elena e Pier Marco Ferraresi , N.E.D., Foggia 1997 (presentazione del libro)
"Children in New Religions": Seminal New Book Discusses the Precarious Balance between Freedom of Religion and the Best Interest of the Child
The "New" Black Pentecostal Churches in Britain - by Stephen Hunt (University of Reading, England) - a paper presented at CESNUR 14th International Conference, Riga, Latvia, August 29-31, 2000
France: Mr Guyard found guilty of defamation for having called Anthroposophy a cult; parliamentary report called "not serious" by the Court of Paris (March 23, 2000) - "Jacques Guyard condamné pour avoir qualifié le mouvement antroposophique de secte" ("Le Monde" du 23 mars 2000: en français)
Selected Papers on The Apostolate of the Silent Soul - The Apostolate of the Silent Soul, a lay Catholic movement based on the alleged miracles surrounding Audrey Santo, a comatose girl in Worcester, Massachusetts, is becoming increasingly controversial around the world. We reproduce here articles in The Boston Phoenix (December 25, 1997 - January 1, 1998) and The Washington Post(July 19, 1998).Most subsequent European reports are largedy based on these articles. See also Audrey Santo: Interim Statement of the Catholic Diocese of Worcester of January 24, 1999 - Bishop praises "dedication of the family to Audrey", remains cautious on alleged miracles
Eugenio Stretti, "Il Movimento pentecostale. Le Assemblee di Dio in Italia" (Claudiana, Torino 1999) - Recensione di Massimo Introvigne
Religion and the Politics of Nature: The Aumist Religion in France by Massimo Introvigne (CESNUR's 10th international conference, Montreal, August 1996)
Death of Gilbert Bourdin (Hamsah Manarah), leader of the Aumist religion of the Mandarom - Updated: Controversy About His Burial (March 1998)
Page on Aum Shinri-kyo and Related Controversies
Killing Fields: Lifton, Brainwashing, and Aum Shinri-kyo
A Review of Robert Jay Lifton's "Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence and the New Global Terrorism" (Metropolitan Books Henry Holt and Company, New York 1999) by Massimo Introvigne
Derivazioni del sikhismo in Italia. La Terapia Vibrazionale e i gruppi ispirati a Baba Bedi XVI, di PierLuigi Zoccatelli
Brahma Kumaris: A New Religion? - by Reender Kranenborg, Free University of Amsterdam (A paper presented at CESNUR 99 conference, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania)
"Buon viaggio, Dalai Lama" - di Massimo Introvigne (pubblicato su "Avvenire" del 30 ottobre 1999 con il titolo "La trappola del Nirvana")
"Ceronetti sbaglia Buddha" di Massimo Introvigne, (versione annotata di un articolo pubblicato da "Avvenire" il 22.5.1998)
Papers on Cao Dai from CESNUR 99 at Bryn Athyn: Caodaism: Global Ambition vs Persecution by Sergei Blagov (Moscow University) and Institutionalising Spiritism and Esoteric: The Case of the Cao Dai by Chris Hartney (Doctoral Candidate, University of Sydney)
"Memory and Reconciliation: The Church and the Faults of the Past": Full text of the Vatican "Apology" for past sins unveiled in March 2000
"Memoria e riconciliazione. La Chiesa e le colpe del passato": testo completo del documento della Commissione teologica internazionale pubblicato nel Marzo 2000
Roman Catholic Church and Lutheran World Federation Sign in Augsburg on Otober 31, 1999 Historical Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
Full Text of the Declaration and related Official Common Statement
Dichiarazione congiunta della Chiesa Cattolica e della Federazione Luterana Mondiale sulla dottrina della giustificazione (firmata ad Augusta il 31 ottobre 1999)
"The Center of Our Lady and Counterculture" - by Boris Falikov (Russian State University of Humanities, Moscow). A paper presented at CESNUR 14th international conference, Riga (Latvia), August 2000
"Cesare Magrini's Firewalking Center in Italy" - by Anna Maria Turi (Rome, Italy). A paper presented at CESNUR 2000 international conference, Riga, Latvia, August 29-31, 2000
Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith Publishes Document on Faith Healing and Its Abuses: Full Text (Nov. 23, 2000) - La Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede cattolica pubblica un documento sulla preghiera di guarigione e i suoi possibili abusi: testo completo (23 novembre 2000)
"'Ver para crer': as novas investidas do catolicismo no Brasil através do Padre Marcelo Rossi'" - by Sílvia Regina Alves Fernandes (Doctoral Candidate, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) - a paper presented at CESNUR 2000 international conference, Riga, Latvia, August 29-31, 2000
I naufraghi del buon senso. Una critica del controverso volume francese "I naufraghi dello spirito" che attacca come "sette" alcune comunità nate nell'ambito del Rinnovamento nello Spirito - di Massimo Introvigne
Chen Tao in Texas: A New Religious Movement, its Host Community, and Mass-Mediated Adaptation - by Ryan J. Cook, University of Chicago (A paper presented at CESNUR 99 conference, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania)
CESNUR's Special Watch Page on Chen Tao/God's Salvation Church (formerly of Garland,Texas) - une 2000 Update: Salvation from AIDS and cancer offered in New York's Central Park
Symbols in the Church of Universal Soul - by PierLuigi Zoccatelli (paper presented at CESNUR 2000 in Riga, with 56 original pictures)
La collana "Religioni e Movimenti" e la Chiesa Anima Universale: un'introduzione metodologica
di PierLuigi Zoccatelli (intervento introduttivo al convegno del CESNUR tenuto a Torino il 4 maggio 2000)
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Charbonneau-Lassay - Guénon - "ésotérisme chrétien" |
Tra lepri ed esoteristi: un libro chiarisce i rapporti fra Charbonneau-Lassay, Guénon e la Fraternità del Paraclito - di Massimo Introvigne
"Introduzione all'opera di Louis Charbonneau-Lassay (1871-1946)" - di PierLuigi Zoccatelli
Notes on an unpublished correspondence between René Guénon and Louis Charbonneau-Lassay - by PierLuigi Zoccatelli (A paper presented at CESNUR 99 conference, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania)
"An Eminently Readable Biography": Massimo Introvigne reviews Gillian Gill's book "Mary Baker Eddy"
"Philippines: Millennium sect home from the hills"
(BBC, January 6, 2000)
"Concerned Christians fail to resurface"
by Kevin Simpson ("Denver Post", January 3, 2000)
Concerned Christians: Alleged Charles Manson Connection. Articles on this subject by Elaine Ruth Fletcher from The San Francisco Examinerof January 5, 1999 andThe Salt LakeTribuneof January 9, 1999. Also, a simple chronology of Concerned Christians from The Denver Post
"Damanhur. Popolo e comunità", di Luigi Berzano - Recensione di Pier Marco Ferraresi
Notificazione della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede sugli scritti di Padre Anthony de Mello, SJ, 22.08.1998.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - Notification Concerning the Writings of Father Anthony de Mello, SJ,22.08.1998.
Congrégation pour la doctrine de la foi - Note sur les écrits du Père Anthony de Mello, SJ, 22.08.1998.
Congregación para la Doctrina de la Fé - Notificación sobre los escritos del Padre Anthony de Mello, SJ,22.08.1998.
"Indian Sect Leader Omkarananda Dies"
(Associated Press, January 6, 2000)
"Swami Omkarananda est décédé sans avor revu Winterthour"
(article de "24 heures" du 7 janvier 2000: "il n'est pas exclu qu'il y ait eu, à l'époque, provocation policière")
Un'opera critica dello psichiatra Ermanno Pavesi sulle tesi teologiche di Eugen Drewermann - Intervista all'autore di Roberto Beretta ("Avvenire", 5 ottobre 1999)
FALUN GONG UPDATES: China Enforcces Anti-Cult Law
"Full Text of New Chinese Legislative Resolution Banning Cults" - October 30, 1999
Falun Gong Problems in China and Growth in Europe: check Falun Dafa's own web site for primary source material and daily updates. Falun Gong: problemi in Cina e crescita in Europa: link alla home page del movimento dove si trovano documenti originali e aggiornamenti quotidiani
"Rischi per i principianti": intervista a Massimo Introvigne del quotidiano "La Stampa" (25 luglio 1999)
"Falun Gong 101": An entry in the forthcoming book Cults 101, edited by James R. Lewis - by Massimo Introvigne
Updates on the Family of David
China moves against Christian group: Fang Cheng Updates
Father Divine: A General Overview - by Tim Miller (University of Kansas). A paper presented at CESNUR 99, Bryn Athyn (Pennsylvania)
The Holy See publishes the third part of the secret of Fatima - Full text of the document "The Message of Fatima" (June 26, 2000) - English translation and text in Portuguese
La Santa Sede pubblica la terza parte del segreto di Fatima: testo del documento "Il Messaggio di Fatima" (26 giugno 2000)
"Zorro massone? Forse - Anzi improbabile": la critica di Massimo Introvigne al volume di Fabio Troncarelli apparsa su "Avvenire" del 30 dicembre 1999
"Masonería" - Recensión de Verónica Roldán
"La massoneria", di Massimo Introvigne - Recensione di Pier Marco Ferraresi
"Mary Poppins Goes to Hell. Pamela Travers, Gurdjieff, and the Rhetoric of Fundamentalism"
by Massimo Introvigne (A paper read at The International Humanities Conference, Bognor Regis 1996)
Page on Harry Potter - Culture and Religion
"Heaven's Gate. Il paradiso non può attendere", di Massimo Introvigne - Recensione di Pier Marco Ferraresi
Convegno CESNUR sull'Induismo in Italia, 11 dicembre 2000 - echi stampa:
"Quindicimila italiani sedotti dall'induismo" di Marco Politi ("Repubblica", 11 dicembre 2000)
"E' boom dei nuovi culti" di Melissa Bertolotti (ilnuovo.it, 11 dicembre 2000)
"Si sono convertiti all'induismo oltre duemila piemontesi" di Didia Bargnani ("Il Giornale", 12 dicembre 2000)
"Torino: primo rapporto sull'induismo in Italia" (SIR Servizio Informazione Religiosa n° 85 (897) mercoledì 13 dicembre 2000)
Brother David's "House of Prayer" Members Arrested in Israel: Updates
Another New Religious Movement Raided in Japan: Ho No Hana - Updates
Hoyu-no-kai: Religious leaders jailed for murder
"L'Islam", di Silvia Scaranari Introvigne - Recensione di Pier Marco Ferraresi
CESNUR's Special Page on Jehovah's Witnesses: Scholarly Articles, Documents, Updates
18 novembre 1978 - 18 novembre 1998: ventesimo anniversario della tragedia di Jonestown di Massimo Introvigne - con il comunicato sulla conferenza stampa del CESNUR e dell'ISAR a Washington e la lettera di tredici studiosi che chiedono l'apertura totale degli archivi su Jonestown.
18 November 1978 - 18 November 1998: 20th Anniversary of the Jonestown Tragedy - Press Release of CESNUR and letter of thirteen scholars calling for a release of all US government's documents on Jonestown
"Leader of cult denies causing the death of boy"
(Kyodo News Service, May 2, 2000)
Il movimento di Lama Gangchen in Italia, di Andrea Menegotto - Relazione presentata al 14° Convegno Internazionale del CESNUR, "New Religiosity in the 21st Century", Riga, Lettonia, 29-31 agosto 2000
"Religious Adaptation through Reincarnation? The Role of Lama Michel, the 'Little Buddha' of São Paulo, within the Globalized Tibetan Buddhist Movement of Lama Gangchen" - by Frank Usarski (Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil): a paper presented at CESNUR 99 (Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania)
Lectorium Rosicrucianum: un mouvement néerlandais devient international.
Lectorium Rosicrucianum: A Dutch Movement Becomes International (English)
Schism in the Global Church of God: Birth of a New "Armstrongite" Church, The Living Church of God - The Global Church of God, one of the largest "Armstrongite" churches (loyal to H.W. Armstrong's teachings after they were abandoned by the Worldwide Church of God), fires its founder Dr. Roderick C. Meredith; the latter founds The Living Church of God. Documents: Meredith's letters of Nov. 25, 1998, Dec. 11, 1998 and Dec. 21, 1998; article from "The Journal"(Nov. 30, 1998)
"Commossa, ma non convertita": una storica laica a Lourdes - Una analisi del volume di Ruth Harris "Lourdes. Body and Spirit in the Secular Age"
Medical Science and Religious Consciousness - by Guido Broich (School of Medicine, University of Milan). A paper presented at CESNUR's 14th International Conference, Riga, Latvia, August 29-31, 2000.
Brother David's "House of Prayer" Members Arrested in Israel: Updates
FBI and Project Megiddo: Updates
FBI evaluates millennial threats
Canadian Security Intelligence Service Report "Doomsday Religious Movements"
"Next Year in Jerusalem": Jerusalem in Catastrophic Millennialism - Paper read by Massimo Introvigne at a seminar on "Law Enforcement and Religious Violence" co-organized by CESNUR and by the Critical Incident Response Group of the FBI at Fredericksburg, Virginia, on June 7, 1999
"Next Year in Jerusalem": An Update based on "Assassins", the New Book in the "Left Behind" Series, and on the Novel "The Visitation" by Frank Peretti
"L'anno prossimo a Gerusalemme": Gerusalemme nel millenarismo catastrofico - Traduzione della relazione di Massimo Introvigne al seminario su "Attività di polizia e violenza religiosa" co-organizzato dal CESNUR e dal Gruppo di Risposta agli Incidenti Critici dell'FBI a Fredericksburg (Virginia) il 7 giugno 1999
"L'anno prossimo a Gerusalemme": un aggiornamento dopo la pubblicazione dei romanzi "Assassins", il nuovo episodio della serie "Left Behind", e "The Visitation", di Frank Peretti
"LDS Church Wants to be Official in Italy" - by Peggy Fletcher Stack ("Salt Lake Tribune", September 9, 2000)
Updates on the Family of David (Mormon splinter group)
Craig L. Blomberg - Stephen E. Robinson, "How Wide the Divide? A Mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation": reviewed by Massimo Introvigne
The Mormon Church and the Mountain Meadows Massacre: An Old Controversy Resurfaces in Utah
The Origins of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA) by Massimo Introvigne - Paper read at CESNUR 98 conference, Torino, September 10-12, 1998. (with the full text of the decision in the 1998 court case MSIA v Lane)
Defectors, Ordinary Leavetakers and Apostates: A Quantitative Study of Ex-Members of New Acropolis in France. A paper presented by Massimo Introvigne at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion - San Francisco, 23 November 1997
CESNUR's Special Page on the New Age: Scholarly Articles, Documents, Updates
CESNUR - Pagina speciale sul New Age: articoli, documenti, aggiornamenti
Documents on the Dorje Shugden / New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) Controversy. Murder, mystery, and anti-cultism. A selection of documents on the controversy on the protector deity Dorje Shugden within contemporary Tibetan Buddhism
Hoaxes and Misunderstandings on the Order of the Solar Temple - Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco and Dr. Heide Fittkau-Garthe
"Il Tempio Solare", di Jean-François Mayer - Recensione di Pier Marco Ferraresi
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Meets Aleister Crowley: A Review of "Resurrecting Ravana", a Novel by Ray Garton, by Massimo Introvigne
L'Ordo Templi Orientis in Italia: storie e significati, di PierLuigi Zoccatelli. Uno studio sulle diverse filiazioni dell'OTO in Italia
Pilgrim House Community Incident: Updates
Evangelicals against Pokémon: "Charisma Magazine" denounces "Pokémon invasion", suspects demonic influences (February 2000)
"I protestanti", di Massimo Introvigne - Recensione di Pier Marco Ferraresi
Rastafariani: fra reggae, mistica e massoneria - Una recensione di "Dread Jesus" di William David Spencer
"Dread Jesus": A New View of the Rastafari Movement- A review of William David Spencer's book and a discussion of different Rastafari branches
The "New" Black Pentecostal Churches in Britain - by Stephen Hunt (University of Reading, England) - a paper presented at CESNUR 14th International Conference, Riga, Latvia, August 29-31, 2000
Il reiki : tecnica o religione? - di Massimo Introvigne (novembre 1998)
Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God: Tragedy in Uganda
"A Tentative First Report on the Deaths in Uganda"
by J. Gordon Melton (March 19, 2000)
Gustavo Adolfo Rol e la Chiesa cattolica, di Massimo Introvigne (da "Avvenire" del 14 marzo 2000)
Roman Catholic Church, Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith - Full Text of the Declaration "Dominus Jesus" on the Unicity of the Church (August 6 - September 5, 2000)
Chiesa Cattolica, Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede - Testo completo della dichiarazione "Dominus Jesus" sull'unicità della Chiesa (5 agosto - 6 settembre 2000)
Le Chiese del Santo Daime dal Brasile all'Europa: fra profezia e polizia - di Massimo Introvigne (relazione al convegno dell'ALER, Associazione Latino-Americana per lo Studio delle Religioni, Padova, 4 luglio 2000)
"The Gothic Milieu: Black Metal, Satanism, and Vampires" - An in-depth exploration of the links of the musical gothic milieu with satanism and new religious movements, and a law enforcement perspective, by Massimo Introvigne
"Satanism Scares and Vampirism from the 18th Century to the Contemporary Anti-Cult Movement"
by Massimo Introvigne (a paper presented at the World Dracula Congress, Los Angeles 1997)
Vampires, LARP, Evangelical Counter-Cultists, Cult Cops and a Good Mystery Novel: A Short Note on Linda Grant's "Vampire Bytes" - by Massimo Introvigne
"Il satanismo", di Massimo Introvigne - Recensione di Pier Marco Ferraresi
The Children of Satan found not guilty by Court of Bologna (June 20, 1997)
I "Bambini di Satana" assolti a Bologna (20 giugno 1997)
Life Space Movement (Shakty Pat Guru Foundation) CESNUR Special Page
Seibo No Mikuni, a Catholic Apocalyptic Splinter Movement from Japan - by PierLuigi Zoccatelli. A paper presented at CESNUR's 14th international conference
CESNUR's Special Page on Scientology: Scholarly Articles, Documents, Court Decisions, Updates
CESNUR: Pagina speciale su Scientology: articoli, documenti, sentenze, aggiornamenti
"La Soka Gakkai. Un movimento di laici diventa una religione", di Karel Dobbelaere - Recensione di Pier Marco Ferraresi
Healing for the Millennium: Master Dang and Spiritual Human Yoga (SHY), by Jean-François Mayer
"Stigmata": un film gnostico attacca la Chiesa cattolica di Massimo Introvigne
Swedenborg: A Herald of the New Age? - by Jean-François Mayer (University of Fribourg)
I thug : i veri "misteri della giungla nera". Da Cristianità, anno XXV, n. 267-268, luglio-agosto 1997, pp. 16-18.
16th Anniversary of the Infamous Island Pond Raid against Twelve Tribes Communities - Article in The New York Times (June 19, 2000)
"Culti dei dischi volanti: non più solo una curiosità" (da "Avvenire", 5 dicembre 2000)
Convegno del CESNUR sugli UFO a Torino (4 dicembre 2000): echi stampa
"Così Marx è finito in orbita" - di Tiziana Platzer ("La Stampa", 5 dicembre 2000)
"Gli extraterrestri aprono un’ambasciata a Torino. Viaggio tra i terrestri che adorano il Dio-Ufo" - di Cristiano Gatti ("Il Giornale", 5 dicembre 2000)
Charles Louis Spiegel, leader of UFO movement Unarius, dies - see Obituary
from the San Diego Union-Tribune of December 31, 1999
Charles Louis Spiegel, leader of UFO movement Unarius, dies - see Obituary
from the San Diego Union-Tribune of December 31, 1999
CESNUR's Special Page on the Unification Church: Scholarly Articles, Documents, Updates
"The Siege of Oporto's Coliseum: The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God and Portuguese Media" by Miguel H. Farias
CESNUR's Special Page on Vampires, Religion and Culture: Scholarly Articles, Documents, Updates
Waco, FBI and the Branch Davidians: Updates
"New York Times" Describes Wicca as Booming Among Teenagers.
A February 13, 2000 article cites popular culture, TV shows as influencing the phenomenon
Tutti pazzi per la strega: una lettura di "The Blair Witch Project" - di Massimo Introvigne
"Why the X-Files is becoming our new religion"
("The Ottawa Citizen", March 5, 2000)
Aiuto alla Chiesa che Soffre: Rapporto 2000 sulla libertà religiosa nel mondo
"Anti-Cult Terrorism": A Category Whose Time Has Come" (Review of Massimo Introvigne's article in "Terrorism and Political Violence" for Spring 2000) by PierLuigi Zoccatelli
Preliminary Injunction Granted Against Anti-Mormons Jerald and Sandra Tanner: Mere Linking to Objectionable Site Amount to Infringement - December 6, 1999
Report of Robert A. Seiple (U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom) at the Hearing on the First Annual Department of State Report on International Religious Freedom - House Committee on International Relations, Washington, DC, October 6, 1999
"U.S. Department of State Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999" (September 9, 1999) - Offers Comprehensive Worldwide Coverage, denounces "an atmosphere of intolerance and bias against minority religions" in France
"Children in New Religions": Seminal New Book Discusses the Precarious Balance between Freedom of Religion and the Best Interest of the Child
"So Many Evil Things": Anti-Cult Terrorism via the Internet " by Massimo Introvigne. A paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Sociology of Religion (ASR), Chicago, 5 August 1999.
The Great Anti-Cult Scare 1935-1945 - by Philip Jenkins, Penn State University (A paper presented at CESNUR 99 conference, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania)
Who is Afraid of Religious Minorities? The Social Construction of a Moral Panic- Opening remarks of Dr. Massimo Introvigne at CESNUR 98 conference in Torino, Italy (September 10, 1998)
Chi ha paura delle minoranze religiose? La costruzione sociale di un panico morale- Testo della relazione di apertura di Massimo Introvigne al convegno internazionale del CESNUR (Torino, 10 settembre 1998)
Blacklisting or Greenlisting? A European Perspective on the New Cult Wars - by Massimo Introvigne. An article published in Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, vol. 1, no. 3, October 1998, 16-23, as part of an ongoing debate on ethical issues associated with scholarly research in the field of new religious movements
Des sectes: de la rumeur aux valeurs , par Liliane Voyé (communication au colloque CESNUR 98, mise à jour en mars 1999)
Cult War Dialogue: "Combatants in Cult War Attempt Reconciliation Peacemaking conference is held near Seattle"
by Don Lattin ("The San Francisco Chronicle", Monday, May 1, 2000)
CESNUR's Special Page on Brainwashing Controversies: Scholarly Articles, Documents, Updates
Defectors, Ordinary Leavetakers and Apostates: A Quantitative Study of Ex-Members of New Acropolis in France. A paper presented by Massimo Introvigne at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion - San Francisco, 23 November 1997
Cost of an Anti-Cult Affidavit by Stephen Kent: $ 11,000
Religious Freedom in Western Europe: Religious Minorities and Growing Government Intolerance - Report (released January 2000) of the June 8 1999 Washington hearing of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (download PDF file)
Full Text of the FBI Report "Project Megiddo"
FBI and Project Megiddo: Updates
FBI evaluates millennial threats
"U.S. Department of State Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999" (September 9, 1999) - Offers Comprehensive Worldwide Coverage, denounces "an atmosphere of intolerance and bias against minority religions" in France
The controversial Report of the Maryland Commission on Cults on Campuses - See also "Testimony" by James T. Richardson before the same Commission, and a complete coverage of the Maryland Commission activities and a comment by Jeffrey K. Hadden (University of Virginia).
The Crisis of the U.S. Anti-Cult Movement: CAN Loses its Appeal in San Francisco - Full Text of the Decision (April 8, 1998)
CAN Decision of July 30, 1998 - Full text of the decision by by the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Seventh Circuit confirming that the "old" Cult Awareness Network cannot recover its name.
CAN Legal Saga Continues - A comment to the decision of July 30, 1998 by the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Seventh Circuit confirming that the "old" Cult Awareness Network cannot recover its name.
Another Legal Blow Against the "Old" Cult Awareness Network (CAN): US Supreme Court Rejects Appeal (March 22, 1999)
Strange Wars: Evangelical Counter-Cultists vs "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"- by Massimo Introvigne
Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa! - J. Gordon Melton answers a critical Skeptic magazine article
La Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti cancella il Religious Freedom Restoration Act (25 giugno 1997)
Religious Liberty: The Legal Framework in Selected OSCE Countries (May 2000) - A Study by the Law Library of Congress prepared on behalf of the Helsinki Commission Unveiled on July 19, 2000
Full text and Appendices (PDF Format)
U.S. House International Relations Committee Helds Full Committee Hearing on "The Treatment of Religious Minorities in Western Europe" - France, Belgium, Germany, Austria under Scrutiny - Texts of introduction by Rep. Benjamin A. Gilman, report by T. Jeremy Gunn, depositions and statements by witnesses Ambassador Robert A. Seiple, Philip Brumley (General Counsel, Jehovah's Witnesses), Robert Hunt (United Methodist Church, Vienna), Craig Jensen and Chick Corea (Scientologists) [depositions of other witnesses are not currently available]
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe - 1999 OSCE Review Conference (Vienna, September 23, 1999): Statements on Freedom of Religion by the United States and by the European Union
Le fantôme de la liberté. Les controverses sur les "sectes" et les nouveaux mouvements religieux en Europe. Cette brochure présente une leçon publique donnée par Massimo Introvigne à l'Université de Turin, où il avait été invité à l'occasion de la fin du cours de Sociologie des Religions 1996-1997. Il y aborde les menaces pesant sur la liberté religieuse en Europe et la question des "sectes". Si une minorité de mouvements religieux présente des dangers bien réels, les généralisations et les amalgames, ainsi que l'utilisation de théories pseudo-scientifiques comme celles du lavage de cerveau ou de la déstabilisation mentale, risquent de réduire la liberté religieuse à un simple fantôme
"Freedom of Thought, Conscience, Religion or Belief" -The US Position on Continuing Religious Intolerance in Europe: The US Delegation's intervention in Warsaw, Poland on October 27, 1998 at the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Implementation Review Meeting
"Libertà di pensiero, di coscienza, di religione o di credenza" - La posizione degli Stati Uniti sull'intolleranza religiosa in Europa. Testo dell’intervento della delegazione degli Stati Uniti all’Incontro per la revisione dell’applicazione degli accordi OSCE (Organizzazione per la Sicurezza e la Cooperazione in Europa) - Varsavia, 27 ottobre 1998
"Liberté de pensée, de conscience, de religion ou de croyance" - La position des Etats-Unis sur l'intolérance religieuse en Europe. Intervention de la Délégation des Etats-Unis à la Réunion d'évaluation d'application des accords de l'OSCE (Organisation pour la Sécurité et la Coopération en Europe) à Varsovie -27 octobre 1998
Religious Liberty in Western Europe.CESNUR's 1997 report from the press conference held on December 1, 1997 in Washington DC
Religion is a right - It has to be fought for. Text of the (now quite famous) Christmas editorial of London's The Guardian - Exposes "hysterical" anti-cult "panic" in "Francophone Europe" and elsewhere. La religione è un diritto - per cui si deve lottare. Traduzione dell'editoriale di Natale del quotidiano londineseThe Guardian - Deplora il "panico isterico" anti-sette nell'"Europa francofona" e altrove
OSCE (Organization for the Security and Co-operation in Europe) - Supplementary Meeting on Freedom of Religion, Vienna March 22, 1999: Text of the Speech of Dr Massimo Introvigne Misinformation, Religious Minorities and Religious Pluralism - In italiano: Testo della relazione introduttiva di Massimo Introvigne Disinformazione, minoranze religiose e pluralismo religioso - En français: Réunion OSCE de Vienne: la France dans le box des accusés - Réaction hystérique du secrétaire général de la Mission Interministérielle de Lutte contre les Sectes - In English: France Severely Criticized at Vienna OSCE Meeting - Hysterical Reaction by the General Secretary of the French Anti-Cult Mission
European Conference on Sectarianism in Paris (23-24 April 1999): An Unsuccessful Affair (CESNUR Report, in English) - Texte complet du Discours d'ouverture de M. Alain Vivien (en français)
Freedom of Religion in Europe - Paper read by Dr Massimo Introvigne at the Conference and Panel Discussion "Religion - Society - Legislation" organized at the Hungarian Houses of Parliament by the Hungarian National Assembly, Commission on Human Rights Minorities and Religion - Budapest, 27 April 1999
Religious Liberty in Western Europe: The Washington Briefing- Text of Dr Introvigne's Report to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki Commission) and the House International Relations Committee - Washington DC July 30, 1998 (a consolidation of different CESNUR texts available in this Web site)
Dr Introvigne Testifies at House Briefing in Washington. An account of Dr Introvigne's testimony at a briefing organized by the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki Commission) and the House International Relations Committee in Washington DC on July 30, 1998
France, Belgium Severely Criticized Again at U.S. Congressional Hearing - A report of the June 8, 1999 Washington hearing on "Religious Minorities and Growing Government Intolerance in Western Europe", with the official CSCE press release of the hearing
Des sectes: de la rumeur aux valeurs , par Liliane Voyé (communication au colloque CESNUR 98, mise à jour en mars 1999)
Il ritorno dei giacobini: il rapporto della commissione parlamentare belga d'inchiesta sulle sette
di Massimo Introvigne (3 giugno 1997).
Le retour des jacobins. Le rapport de la commission parlamentaire belge d'enquête sur les sectes
par Massimo Introvigne (traduction française - décembre 1997)
Jehovah's Witnesses, Bulgaria settles case before the European Commission of Human Rights (March 20, 1998)
FALUN GONG UPDATES: China Introduces Anti-Cult Law
"China Plans Catholic Church Breakup"
("Associated Press", November 9, 1999)
Council of Europe Report on Sects and Cults - 22 June 1999. Text of this "compromise" document, adopted after a long discussion. Version française.
European Parliament Draft Resolution on Cults. Text approved by the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs ("Berger report"), submitted to - but not voted by - the Plenary in July 1998
CESNUR Special Watch Page on French Draft Anti-Cult Law
"Los Angeles Times" publishes op-ed by Scientology president critical of France (April 21, 2000)
France: Mr Guyard found guilty of defamation for having called Anthroposophy a cult; parliamentary report called "not serious" by the Court of Paris (March 23, 2000) - "Jacques Guyard condamné pour avoir qualifié le mouvement antroposophique de secte" ("Le Monde" du 23 mars 2000: en français)
U.S. Department of State Denounces "Intolerance and Bias Against Minority Religions" in France (February 25, 2000)
"Patriotism is the Last Refuge of a Scoundrel": The 2000 Report of the French Mission to Fight Cults - with full text of the report (in French)
Une critique du rapport 2000 de la Mission Interministérielle de Lutte contre les Sectes (MILS), en France, par Massimo Introvigne
Religious Freedom in Western Europe: Religious Minorities and Growing Government Intolerance - Report (released January 2000) of the June 8 1999 Washington hearing of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (download PDF file)
France - "Final Solution" Against "Cults" and "Sects"? Senate Approves Draconian Law (December 16, 1999) - see full text of the law (English translation). Texte complet de la proposition de loi française contre les sectes du 16 décembre 1999 et compte rendu de la discussion au Sénat
Francia - “Soluzione finale” contro i “culti” e le “sette”? Il Senato approva una legge draconiana (16 dicembre 1999)
France - la “solution finale ”contre les “sectes” ? Le Sénat approuve une loi draconienne (le 16 Décembre 1999)
Anti-cult Movements in France: A Book by Alain Garay - L'activisme anti-sectes en France: un livre d'Alain Garay
France publishes parliamentary report on finances of "sects" and "cults". The report, dated June 10, 1999, continues the usual French anti-cult crusade. Full text in french. Rapport parlementaire français sur les finances des sectes, du 10 juin 1999:commentaire de Massimo Introvigne (La souris qui rugissait) et texte complet.
"The Mouse that Roared": Short Summary of the Report in English
Cult Controversies in France, by Willy Fautré. A paper presented at CESNUR 99 conference in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania
France, Belgium Severely Criticized Again at U.S. Congressional Hearing - A report of the June 8, 1999 Washington hearing on "Religious Minorities and Growing Government Intolerance in Western Europe", with the official CSCE press release of the hearing
Les mouvements anti-sectes aux États-Unis et en France: parallèles et différences - Texte de la communication de M. Massimo Introvigne au colloque "Les Mutations transatlantiques des religions", Université Michel de Montaigne - Bordeaux 3, 13 février 1999
Rapport annuel 1997 de l'Observatoire inter-ministeriel français sur les sectes. Nous publions ce texte, très eloigné des opinions du CESNUR, et une partie de ses Annexes, à titre de contribution au débat français. Commentary by Massimo Introvigne (in English) to this first yearly report of the French National Observatory of Cults
French Decree of 7 October 1998 Establishing an "Inter-ministerial Mission to Fight Against Sects" (English translation) - The name tells it all...
Lettre Circulaire Anti-Sectes Guigou du 1er décembre 1998 - Demande une "étroite association" des procureurs avec les associations anti-sectes (French Minister of Justice's Anti-Cult Circular Letter of Dec. 1, 1998 - in French: calls for "close association" between District Attorneys and private anti-cult movements)
Anti-Cult Propaganda in French Public Schools - "Atrocity tales" about cults in a newly released manual for French public junior high schools.
Anti-Cult Hysteria in France - President of the new governmental "Mission to Fight Cults" attacks the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
La situation des sectes en France après le rappot d'enquête parlementaire, 1996-1999 - Une étude de Régis Dericquebourg
I naufraghi del buon senso. Una critica del controverso volume francese "I naufraghi dello spirito" che attacca come "sette" alcune comunità nate nell'ambito del Rinnovamento nello Spirito - di Massimo Introvigne
Switzerland: Scientology Spying by a German Official Spurs Jail Term
(November 30, 1999)
The German Report on Cults: (a) full text (in German) of the report (Endbericht der Enquete-Kommission "Sogenannte Sekten und Psychogruppen" ) (b) appeal by six German professors before the publication of the report in English and in German (c) press release by the German scholarly association REMID (in German). These texts are published as documents in order to contribute to the ongoing discussion and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of CESNUR.
English text available for pdf download (from the German Parliament's Web site)
Greek Opposition to Evangelism - by John Warwick Montgomery (European Center for Law and Justice) - A paper presented at CESNUR 14th International Conference, Riga, Latvia, August 29-31 2000
Jehovah's Witnesses, Greece Settle Before the European Court of Human Rights (Tsavachidis v. Greece, January 21, 1999) - Greece undertakes to stop any "secret surveillance" of Jehovah's Witnesses - Cour européenne des Droits de l'Homme: Accord entre les Témoins de Jéhovah et la Grèce (affaire Tsavachidis du 21 janvier 1999) - la Grèce s'engage à cesser toute "surveillance secrète" des Témoins de Jéhovah
European Religious Liberty Case (Canea) Decided Once Again Against Greece
European Court of Human Rights: Case of Canea Catholic Church v. Greece (December 16, 1997)
Another European Religious Liberty Case (Larissis) decided against Greece -
European Court of Human Rights: Case of Larissis and Others v. Greece (February 24, 1998)
Anti-Conversion Law Proposed in India
("Charisma News Service", November 1999)
Religious Freedom in the Majority Islamic Countries. 1998 Report
La libertà religiosa nei paesi a maggioranza islamica. Rapporto 1998
Pilgrim House Community Incident: Updates
Italy: Government Signs Concordate with Buddhist Union, Jehovah's Witnesses - Il governo italiano firma l'intesa con Buddhisti e Testimoni di Geova (20.3.2000)
Full text of the concordate with the Jehovah's Witnesses (in Italian) - Testo completo dell'intesa con i Testimoni di Geova
Scientology ha "natura religiosa" ma i profitti di Narconon sono tassabili, sostiene la Cassazione: testo completo della sentenza del 16.12.1999/23.2.2000
Un caso di conflitto fra libertà religiosa e diritto d'autore in Italia: il caso Cascella - Garella (Tribunale di Biella, 20 aprile - 15 maggio 1999)
Testo completo della decisione
A Case of Conflict between Copyright Law and Religious Liberty in Italy: Cascella v Garella (Justice Court of Biella, April 20 - May 15, 1999)
Italia: la Rassegna dell'Arma dei Carabinieri pubblica un numero sui diritti umani e le minoranze religiose - Italy: the Journal of Military Police Publishes Issue on Human Rights, Religious Minorities
La décision de la Cour de Cassation italienne sur la Scientologie (8 octobre 1997)La Cour de Cassation (la Cour Suprême en matière de juridiction en Italie) a rendu le 8 octobre 1997 un arrêt très important sur l'Eglise de Scientologie. Le texte complet (48 pages) peut être lu en italien. Nous proposons ici un résumé et un aperçu de la jurisprudence italienne précédente à propos de la Scientologie. Notre but est de verser cette pièce importante au dossier du débat sur la définition de la religion, sans prendre ici position sur la Scientologie et ses activités en Italie ou ailleurs
The Italian Supreme Court Decision on Scientology (October 8, 1997)On October 8, 1997 the Italian Court of Cassation (the Supreme Court for jurisdictional purposes in Italy) rendered an important decision on Scientology. We offer a summary of the decision -- extremely important for the ongoing decision on the nature and definition of religion -- without entering here into the specific debate about Scientology. You may also read the full text in Italian or French
Sentenza della Cassazione dell'8 ottobre 1997 su Scientology. Testo completo in italiano
Décision de la Cour de Cassation italienne sur la Scientologie (8 octobre 1997) - Texte complet en français
Molto rumore per nulla? Il "rapporto italiano sulle sette"
Much Ado About Nothing? The "Italian Report on Cults"
La politica della libertà religiosa in Italia - L'intervento, rivisto dall'autore, dell'on.le Domenico Maselli al convegno 1998 del CESNUR a Torino.
Un articolo di Massimo Introvigne da "La Critica Sociologica": A proposito di "viaggi nella magia" (una nota sull'opera di Cecilia Gatto Trocchi) -
A proposito di Cecilia Gatto Trocchi - I misteri di "Notizie dal mistero"
Amendment to the Law On Compulsory Military Service Adopted in Latvia: Effects on Jehovah's Witnesses, by Nikandrs Gills
New Religious Movements in Latvia in the Mirror of the Press - by Nikandrs Gills (University of Latvia)
Jehovah's Witnesses: New Problems with Military Service in Latvia An Update (Sept. 24, 1999) with the texts of court decisions on the cases of Roman Nemiro and Vladimir Gamayunov - by Nikandrs Gills
Jehovah's Witnesses: New Problems with Military Service in Latvia - by Nikandrs Gills (University of Latvia, Riga)
"Polish anti-cult movements and their vision of cults and sects" by Agnieszka Koscianska - A paper presented at the CESNUR 2000 international conference, Riga, Latvia, 29-31 August 2000
Two Papers on Portugal from CESNUR 99 Conference in Bryn Athyn: "The Siege of Oporto's Coliseum: The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God and Portuguese Media" by Miguel H. Farias, and "An Analysis of Portuguese Scholarly Discourse on New Religious Movements" by Tiago Santos
The problems of Religious Freedom in the Decisions of the Russsian Constitutional Court - by Galina Krylova (attorney, Moscow) – A paper presented at CESNUR 2000 international conference in Riga, Latvia, August 29-31 2000
History Repeating Itself: Russian Popular Perception of "Russian-ness" by Annika Hvithamar (University of Copenhagen) - A paper presented at CESNUR 14th International Conference, Riga, August 29-31 2000
The Jehovah's Witnesses Case in Moscow
by Galina A. Krylova(A paper presented at CESNUR 99, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvanya)
CARP Students Win Unexpected Legal Victory in Russia, by Jeff Tallakson (from an Unification Church's mailing list)
Anti-Cultists vs. CARP: An Important Russian Legal Saga- by Galina Krylova. How a Russian attorney fought, with some success, extreme anti-cult bias and the cavalier use of the brainwashing argument by local anti-cultists
New Religions, Cults and Sects in Russia: A Critique and Brief Account of the Problems, by Marat S. Shterin. On September 21, 1997 anti-cultist Alexander Dvorkin presented a paper on "cults" in Russia at an event in Bonn, Germany sponsored by the Enquete-Commission on Sects and Psychogroups of the German Parliament. Dvorkin's views have been largely disseminated by the international anti-cult network, inter alia on the Internet. Marat S. Shterin, a Doctoral student at the London School of Economics & Political Science, and a Senior research fellow at The State Library for Foreign Literature (Moscow) sent the following reply to the German parliamentary commission
Critica della legge russa sulle religioni (Italiano).
Russian Law on ReligionEnglish text of the final version of the controversial Russian law on religion, as passed by the Duma in September 1997 and signed by President Eltsin. Translation by the authoritative Keston Institute
"In Good Faith: Society and the New Religious Movements". The official summary in English of the report published by the Swedish government's commission (1998).
Il rapporto della commissione governativa svedese sui nuovi movimenti religiosi (ottobre 1998) - Traduzione italiana del sommario ufficiale in inglese del rapporto.
Decision of March 13, 2000 registering Scientology as a "religious community" in Sweden - Article from "Le Monde": "L'Eglise de Scientologie est érigée en Suède au rang de 'communauté religieuse'" (en français)
Switzerland: Federal Council Rejects Proposals for a "Special Policy" on Cults (June 29, 2000)- Communiqué de presse en français - Comunicato stampa in italiano - Texte complet en français
The Swiss Canton of Geneva Publishes a Report on Mind Control, Proposes Anti-Brainwashing Legislation - by Massimo Introvigne
The Swiss National Council's Report on Cults (July 1, 1999): a preliminary note - by Massimo Introvigne. See full text of the report (in French).Il rapporto della Commissione della Gestione al Consiglio nazionale svizzero sulle sette (1° luglio 1999): nota preliminare - di Massimo Introvigne. Testo completo del rapporto.Rapport suisse sur les sectes du 1er juillet 1999: texte complet en français; des réactions et des commentaires en Suisse (deux articles du quotidien Le Temps du 3 juillet 1999).
The Swiss Canton of Ticino Report on Cults (2 October 1998) - Another "Type II" report (exposes "anti-cult terrorism" and calls for dialogue, but remains open to brainwashing theories).
Il rapporto del Canton Ticino sulle sette (2 ottobre 1998) - Ancora un rapporto di "Tipo II" (denuncia il "terrorismo anti-sette" e suggerisce il dialogo, ma rimane aperto a teorie del lavaggio del cervello)
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