Massimo Introvigne

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Massimo Introvigne
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Born (1955-06-14) June 14, 1955 (age 68)
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Massimo Introvigne (born June 14, 1955, in

Roman Catholic[1] sociologist of religion[2] and intellectual property attorney.[3][4] He is a founder and the managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), a Turin-based organization which has been described as "the highest profile lobbying and information group for controversial religions".[5]

Life and work

Introvigne was born in Rome on June 14, 1955.

domain names.[4]

In 1972, he joined conservative Catholic group

better source needed] From 2008 to 2016 he served as vice-president of the group.[10]

In 1988 he co-founded CESNUR and has since served as the group director.[11][12][13]

Beginning in 2012, Introvigne was listed as an "invited professor of sociology of religious movements" at the Salesian Pontifical University in Turin.[14][15]

In 2012, Introvigne was appointed chairperson of the newly-formed Observatory of Religious Liberty of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Bitter Winter, which is published by CESNUR.[17][18]

Introvigne is a proponent of the theory of religious economy developed by Rodney Stark.[19][20]

New religious movements

Swedish academic

new religions."[21] Sociologist Roberto Cipriani has called Introvigne "one of the Italian sociologists of religion most well-known abroad, and among the world's leading scholars of new religious movements".[22]

In 2001, sociologist Stephen A. Kent described Introvigne as a "persistent critic of any national attempts to identify or curtail so-called 'cults'",[5] arguing that,

"In the context, therefore, of the
think-tank and lobbying group, attempting to advance Scientology's legitimation goals by influencing European and American governmental policies toward it. It is not a neutral academic association, even less so because on its web page Introvigne intermingles ideological positions within solid research and information. On issues, however, that are key to the religious human rights debates — apostates, brainwashing, undue influence, compromised academic research, 'sect' membership and the potential for harm, critical information exchange on the Internet, etc. — he advocates doctrinaire positions that favour groups like Scientology."[5]

In the mid-1990s, Introvigne testified on behalf of Scientologists in a criminal trial in Lyon.[5] After Introvigne was critical of the publication of the 1995 report on cults by the French government, journalists described Introvigne as a "cult apologist", saying he was tied to the Catholic Alliance and Silvio Berlusconi's then ruling party.[23] Introvigne responded that his scholarly and political activities were not connected.[24]

Introvigne has written on the concept of brainwashing.[25] He[who?] published an Encyclopedia of Religion in Italy.[11]

Journalist and Scientology-critic Tony Ortega penned a series of 2018/19 articles criticizing The Journal of CESNUR as an unreliable "apologist journal".[26][27][28]

Popular culture and vampires

Introvigne is also director of CESPOC, the Center for the Study of Popular Culture.[29]

He was the Italian director of the Transylvanian Society of Dracula, which included the leading academic scholars in the field of the literary and historical study of vampire myth.[30][31] In 1997, J. Gordon Melton and Introvigne organized an event at the Westin Hotel in Los Angeles where 1,500 attendees came dressed as vampires for a "creative writing contest, Gothic rock music and theatrical performances".[30]

Bibliography

See also

References

  1. Bitter Winter
    . Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  2. ^ Jason Horowitz, "A Clash of Worldviews as Pope Meets Putin", The New York Times, July 4, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "WIPO List of Neutrals, Biographical Data, Massimo Introvigne" (PDF). WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organization. n.d. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Olivero, Dario (August 7, 2003). "Cliccavi su Jagermeister trovavi un portale porno". La Repubblica. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  5. ^
    doi:10.17192/mjr.2001.6.3742
    .
  6. ^ "Sì alla famiglia, Massimo Introvigne parla di un'istituzione in pericolo". Modena Today. Modena, Italy. February 10, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  7. ^ "Massimo Introvigne: Fondamentalismo islamico: martiri o terroristi". Brundisium.net. Brindisi, Italy. November 30, 2005. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  8. ^ "Avvocati - Massimo Introvigne".
  9. ^ "Massimo Introvigne, Twenty Years of CESNUR". CESNUR. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  10. ^ See "Massimo Introvigne non è più il reggente nazionale vicario di Alleanza Cattolica," La fede quotidiana, 28 April 2016, "Massimo Introvigne non è più il reggente nazionale vicario di Alleanza Cattolica". April 28, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  11. ^
    S2CID 144600043
    .
  12. ISBN 978-1138059887
    .
  13. ^ Garde, Serge (June 27, 2001). "Les liaisons dangereuses des universités lyonnaises" [The dangerous liaisons of Lyon universities]. L'Humanité (in French). Archived from the original on January 25, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  14. ^ "Massimo Introvigne". torino.unisal.it. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
  15. ^ Cocchi, Francesca (October 16, 2013). "Le sette religiose, viste da "dentro"". RSI Rete Uno. Lugano, Switzerland. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  16. ^ "Nasce a Roma l'Osservatorio della libertà religiosa - Vatican Insider". Archived from the original on June 21, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  17. ^ "Bitter Winter". Bitter Winter. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  18. ^ ""Bitter Winter", in Italia un nuovo quotidiano online su religione e diritti umani in Cina". La Stampa (in Italian). April 14, 2018.
  19. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. ^ Bruni, Frank (October 13, 2003). "Faith Fades where It Once Burned Strong". The New York Times.
  21. Reading Religion
    .
  22. ^ Cipriani, Roberto (2009). Nuovo manuale di sociologia della religione (in Italian) (2nd ed.). Rome: Borla. p. 470.
  23. ISBN 9780199735211
    .
  24. ISBN 978-1-317-15666-6
    .
  25. ^ Thomas Gandow: Die APA-Lüge – ein Wissenschaftsskandal (german), Berliner Dialog 1–98, 1998, p. 27.
  26. ^ Ortega, Tony (June 19, 2019). "Ignore the apologists: Yes, L. Ron Hubbard lied about having an engineering degree". The Underground Bunker.
  27. ^ Ortega, Tony (April 11, 2018). "A new academic book takes apart Scientology and pop culture, and the apologists hate it". The Underground Bunker.
  28. ^ Owen, Chris (June 21, 2019). "Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, 'Provost Marshal': Another apologist claim debunked". The Underground Bunker.
  29. ^ "CESPOC - Center for Studies on Popular Culture - Centro Studi sulla Popular Culture". www.popularculture.it (in Italian). Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  30. ^ a b Bidwell, Carol (July 23, 1997). "Coffin Break To Vampires Everywhere, Fangs For The Memories". Los Angeles Daily News.
  31. ^ The Board of the Transylvanian Society of Dracula, American Chapter.

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