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CESNUR
The Center for Studies on New Religions (), otherwise abbreviated as CESNUR, is a nonprofit organization based in Turin, Italy that focuses on the academic study of new religious movements and opposes the anti-cult movement. It was established in 1988 by Massimo Introvigne, Jean-François Mayer, and Ernesto Zucchini. CESNUR has been described as "the highest profile lobbying and information group for controversial religions". The organization is described by the Christian cult research website Apologetics Index as an apologist for cults. CESNUR's scholars have defended such diverse groups as the Unification Church, the Church of Scientology, and Shincheonji Church of Jesus, accused of having aided the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. CESNUR describes itself as an independent scholarly organization, but the organization has met with criticism for alleged personal and financial ties to the groups it studies; anthropologist Richard Singelenberg questioned in 1997 wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo Introvigne
Massimo Introvigne (born June 14, 1955) is an Italian sociologist of religion, author, and intellectual property attorney. He is a co-founder and the managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), a Turin-based nonprofit organization which has been described as "the highest profile lobbying and information group for controversial religions". Early life and work Introvigne was born in Rome, Italy on June 14, 1955. Introvigne earned a B.A. in Philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1975, and a J.D. from the University of Turin in 1979. He worked for the law firm Jacobacci e Associati as an intellectual property attorney, specialized in domain names. In 1988 he co-founded the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), a nonprofit organization based in Turin that studies new religious movements and opposes the anti-cult movement. Introvigne is the group director of CESNUR. He joined Alleanza Cattolica in 1972, a conservat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academic Study Of New Religious Movements
The academic study of new religious movements is known as new religions studies (NRS). The study draws from the disciplines of anthropology, psychiatry, history, psychology, sociology, religious studies, and theology. Eileen Barker noted that there are five sources of information on new religious movements (NRMs): the information provided by such groups themselves, that provided by ex-members as well as the friends and relatives of members, organizations that collect information on NRMs, the mainstream media, and academics studying such phenomena. The study of new religions is unified by its topic of interest, rather than by its methodology, and is therefore interdisciplinary in nature. A sizeable body of scholarly literature on new religions has been published, most of it produced by social scientists. Among the disciplines that NRS uses are anthropology, history, psychology, religious studies, and sociology. Of these approaches, sociology played a particularly prominent role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reender Kranenborg
Reender Kranenborg (1 June 1942 – 8 April 2020) was a Dutch theologian, pastor, and scholar of religion. He was editor of the magazine ''Religious Movement in the Netherlands'' published by the institute of religious studies of the Free University in Amsterdam. He researched cults as well as the anti-cult movement in the Netherlands. Early life and education Kranenborg was born 1 June 1942 in the city of Groningen. He studied at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, before becoming a pastor. He received his PhD in 1974, in the theological faculty about the subject of self-realization. He stated in the dissertation that he had attempted to research the subject following the norms of religious studies, not a theological one. Works He was an editor of the magazine ''Religious Movement in the Netherlands'' published by the institute of religious studies of the Free University in Amsterdam. He researched cults as well as the anti-cult movement in the Netherlands. He wrote seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Berzano
Luigi Berzano (born 8 July 1939, Asti) is an Italian sociologist and Catholic priest. Biography He is national coordinator of the Scientific Council of Religion Section of the Italian Association of Sociology and, since 1992, president of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR) . He is full professor at the Department of Cultures, Politic and Society of the University of Turin. He collaborates with the Faculty of Theology and Rebaudengo University in Turin. Since 2005, he is member of the Scientific Council of the Journal ''Studi di Sociologia'' of the Catholic University of Milan. His research focuses on religious pluralism and freedom in multicultural societies, particularly in relation to individual and collective religious experiences. In this field, he conducted researches on spiritual movements such as New Age and also on historical religious minorities. In ''Sociologia dei lifestyles'', he developed a new theory relating to the practices and collective behav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Casale
Giuseppe Casale (28 September 1923 – 18 May 2023) was an Italian historian and prelate of the Catholic Church. Biography Casale was born in Trani, Italy and was ordained a priest on 3 February 1946. He studied theology and history and was a professor of Church History and Italian History from 1949 to 1953 at the Catholic colleges of Trani and Molfetta. After this, he was publishing pastoral magazines. He was appointed bishop to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vallo della Lucania on 26 October 1974 and ordained bishop on 8 December 1974. He was appointed Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino on 7 May 1988 and remained in that post until his retirement on 27 May 1999. As a bishop, he spoke often on controversial political and theological issues and gained a reputation as left-wing and progressive. He advocated the possibility for women to become Catholic cardinals, and suggested that the Catholic Church should not oppose state legislation on same-sex marriage and consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In South Korea
The COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea is part of the COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first case in South Korea was announced on 20 January 2020. The number of confirmed cases increased on 19 February by 20, and on 20 February by 58 or 70, giving a total of 346 confirmed cases on 21 February 2020, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), with the sudden jump mostly attributed to "Patient 31" who participated in a gathering at a Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony church in Daegu. Amidst fears of further contamination, mass gatherings in the affected cities were cancelled and about 300 soldiers in Daegu were placed in isolation. On 4 February 2020, in order to help prevent spread of the disease, South Korea began denying entry to foreigners traveling from Hubei, Hubei Province in China. South Korea introduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-François Mayer
Jean-François Mayer (born 25 April 1957) is a Swiss religious historian, author, and translator. He is also Director of the Religioscope Institute, which he founded. He received his master's degree, and then his doctorate, from the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 in 1979 and 1984. His writing focuses on religion, with a particular focus on new religious movements and cults, including the Unification Church, the Church of Scientology and the Pilgrims of Arès. Following a brief career in radio, he undertook an analysis of new religions in Switzerland for the Swiss National Science Foundation, funded by a grant; the results of this work were published in a 1993 book, ''Les nouvelles voies spirituelles''. In the 1990s, he was an analyst for the Swiss federal government on international affairs and policy. Following this, he became a lecturer and research associate at the University of Fribourg, and founded the Religioscope Institute and website, which supply information on re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alleanza Cattolica
Alleanza Cattolica (English: ''Catholic Alliance''), originally known as Foedus Catholicum, is an Italian Catholicism, Catholic association. Activities The association aims to study and disseminate the social doctrine of the Catholic Church. Since 1973, Alleanza Cattolica has published the bimonthly magazine ''Cristianità'', which is dedicated to "the dissemination of the Church's social doctrine and counter-revolutionary thought." ''Cristianità'' has promoted a revisionist interpretation of the Italian ''Unification of Italy, Risorgimento'', influenced by the thought of Brazilian intellectual Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, and has analyzed the role of revolutionary forces in the historical process. While accepting the concept of a unified state encompassing the national territory, Alleanza Cattolica seeks to re-examine the legitimacy of the secular order established after the ''Risorgimento''.Alessandro Capone. �Il Risorgimento dei cattolici tradizionalisti, 2000-2011��.Cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Ambrosio
Gianni Ambrosio (born 23 December 1943 in Santhià) is the emeritus bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio. Biography Born in Santhià on 23 December 1943, he studied theology in minor and major seminaries of Vercelli and on 7 July 1968 he was ordained priest. In 1970 he obtained a diploma in social sciences at the Institut Catholique in Paris and in 1972 he obtained the specialization-diploma in sociology at the École pratique des hautes études at the Sorbonne University. He was a member of the international scientific committee of CESNUR.Diocese of Piacenza and Bobbio press release“L’Antonino d’oro 2009 al vescovo mons. Gianni Ambrosio” June 11, 2009. In 1995 he graduated in theology in Rome at the Pontifical Lateran University. From 1974 to 1988 he taught religion and was parochial vicar in the parishes of Santhià and Moncrivello. From 1988 to 2001 he was pastor of the parish of St. Paul in Vercelli. In 1996 he was named honorary prelat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonprofit Organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a Profit (accounting), profit for its owners. A nonprofit organization is subject to the non-distribution constraint: any revenues that exceed expenses must be committed to the organization's purpose, not taken by private parties. Depending on the local laws, charities are regularly organized as non-profits. A host of organizations may be non-profit, including some political organizations, schools, hospitals, business associations, churches, foundations, social clubs, and consumer cooperatives. Nonprofit entities may seek approval from governments to be Tax exemption, tax-exempt, and some may also qualify to receive tax-deductible contributions, but an enti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
