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Journal of Daesoon Thought and the Religions of East Asia, Aug 31, 2023

For the first time, Massimo Introvigne proposes a general social history of Satanism and anti-Sat... more For the first time, Massimo Introvigne proposes a general social history of Satanism and anti-Satanism, from the French Court of Louis XIV to the Satanic scares of the late 20th century, satanic themes in Black Metal music, the Church of Satan, and beyond.

For the first time, Massimo Introvigne proposes a general social history of Satanism and anti-Sat... more For the first time, Massimo Introvigne proposes a general social history of Satanism and anti-Satanism, from the French Court of Louis XIV to the Satanic scares of the late 20th century, satanic themes in Black Metal music, the Church of Satan, and beyond.

Religioni e società, 2007

Verbo ( Madrid ): Revista de formación cívica y de acción cultural, según el derecho natural y cristiano, 2004

Routledge eBooks, Feb 27, 2023

Oxford University Press eBooks, Feb 20, 2020

In 2002 The Church of Almighty God was accused of having kidnapped thirty-four pastors and lay le... more In 2002 The Church of Almighty God was accused of having kidnapped thirty-four pastors and lay leaders of another Christian group, the China Gospel Fellowship (CGF). The police were informed, or so CGF claims, but did not arrest anybody. Eventually the CGF leaders returned home; only one ended up converting to The Church of Almighty God. However, the CGF kept the accusations alive, and two novels were published about the incident. The chapter discusses different interpretations of what happened and concludes that the same events may have been described as “kidnapping,” a serious crime, by the CGF and as mere “deception,” a minor misdemeanor, by the authorities.

Oxford University Press eBooks, Apr 19, 2018

The chapter describes the career of John Nelson Darby, from his early ministry in Ireland to the ... more The chapter describes the career of John Nelson Darby, from his early ministry in Ireland to the birth of the Brethren movement and its worldwide expansion through Darby’s international and intercontinental travels. His relationships with other Brethren pioneers, such as George Müller and those who established the first Continental Brethren communities in Italy and Switzerland, are also discussed. Although Darby has been extremely influential on the whole evangelical-fundamentalist wing of contemporary Protestantism, details of his life and career remain understudied. The chapter also asks the question whether, and in which sense, Darby may be regarded as the ‘founder’ of the Plymouth Brethren.

Nova Religio, May 1, 2018

For the first time, Massimo Introvigne proposes a general social history of Satanism and anti-Sat... more For the first time, Massimo Introvigne proposes a general social history of Satanism and anti-Satanism, from the French Court of Louis XIV to the Satanic scares of the late 20th century, satanic themes in Black Metal music, the Church of Satan, and beyond.

Journal of Daesoon Thought and the Religions of East Asia, Aug 31, 2023

For the first time, Massimo Introvigne proposes a general social history of Satanism and anti-Sat... more For the first time, Massimo Introvigne proposes a general social history of Satanism and anti-Satanism, from the French Court of Louis XIV to the Satanic scares of the late 20th century, satanic themes in Black Metal music, the Church of Satan, and beyond.

For the first time, Massimo Introvigne proposes a general social history of Satanism and anti-Sat... more For the first time, Massimo Introvigne proposes a general social history of Satanism and anti-Satanism, from the French Court of Louis XIV to the Satanic scares of the late 20th century, satanic themes in Black Metal music, the Church of Satan, and beyond.

Religioni e società, 2007

Verbo ( Madrid ): Revista de formación cívica y de acción cultural, según el derecho natural y cristiano, 2004

Routledge eBooks, Feb 27, 2023

Oxford University Press eBooks, Feb 20, 2020

In 2002 The Church of Almighty God was accused of having kidnapped thirty-four pastors and lay le... more In 2002 The Church of Almighty God was accused of having kidnapped thirty-four pastors and lay leaders of another Christian group, the China Gospel Fellowship (CGF). The police were informed, or so CGF claims, but did not arrest anybody. Eventually the CGF leaders returned home; only one ended up converting to The Church of Almighty God. However, the CGF kept the accusations alive, and two novels were published about the incident. The chapter discusses different interpretations of what happened and concludes that the same events may have been described as “kidnapping,” a serious crime, by the CGF and as mere “deception,” a minor misdemeanor, by the authorities.

Oxford University Press eBooks, Apr 19, 2018

The chapter describes the career of John Nelson Darby, from his early ministry in Ireland to the ... more The chapter describes the career of John Nelson Darby, from his early ministry in Ireland to the birth of the Brethren movement and its worldwide expansion through Darby’s international and intercontinental travels. His relationships with other Brethren pioneers, such as George Müller and those who established the first Continental Brethren communities in Italy and Switzerland, are also discussed. Although Darby has been extremely influential on the whole evangelical-fundamentalist wing of contemporary Protestantism, details of his life and career remain understudied. The chapter also asks the question whether, and in which sense, Darby may be regarded as the ‘founder’ of the Plymouth Brethren.

Nova Religio, May 1, 2018

For the first time, Massimo Introvigne proposes a general social history of Satanism and anti-Sat... more For the first time, Massimo Introvigne proposes a general social history of Satanism and anti-Satanism, from the French Court of Louis XIV to the Satanic scares of the late 20th century, satanic themes in Black Metal music, the Church of Satan, and beyond.

The relationships of Italian Futurist painter Giacomo Balla with Theosophy and esotericism. A pap... more The relationships of Italian Futurist painter Giacomo Balla with Theosophy and esotericism. A paper presented at the conference "Visions of Enchantment: Occultism, Spiritualism, and Visual Culture", University of Cambridge, 17-18 March 2014

Modern art and (i) traditional religions; (ii) new religious/esoteric movements; (iii) the creati... more Modern art and (i) traditional religions; (ii) new religious/esoteric movements; (iii) the creation of new artistic "religions"

An overview of Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute (MISA), founded by Romanian y... more An overview of Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute (MISA), founded by Romanian yoga teacher Grigorian Bivolaru

Keynote speech of Dr Massimo Introvigne at OSCE 2015 conference in Vienna on Intolerance and disc... more Keynote speech of Dr Massimo Introvigne at OSCE 2015 conference in Vienna on Intolerance and discrimination against Christians

Theosophical networks and artists in North, South, and Central America

How Finnish historian of art Sixten Ringbom "discovered" the Theosophical connection in Kandinsky... more How Finnish historian of art Sixten Ringbom "discovered" the Theosophical connection in Kandinsky and inaugurated a new field of studies about Theosophy's influence on the visual arts

A history and analysis of how portraits of the Masters were produced in the Theosophical Society

Schuré, his relationships with the Theosophical Society, his influence on the visual arts

Nationalism in Costa Rica, religious and secular. Theosophical Costa Rican nationalism and its in... more Nationalism in Costa Rica, religious and secular. Theosophical Costa Rican nationalism and its influence on the visual arts. Contemporary neo-Nazi nationalism in Costa Rica and its esoteric background

Excerpt from the book by Massimo Introvigne - PierLuigi Zoccatelli (eds.), "Enciclopedia delle re... more Excerpt from the book by Massimo Introvigne - PierLuigi Zoccatelli (eds.), "Enciclopedia delle religioni in Italia", Elledici, Torino 2013

Scientology in a Scholarly Perspective, a collection of academic papers by a wide range of intern... more Scientology in a Scholarly Perspective, a collection of academic papers by a wide range of international scholars, was released January 25 in Antwerp by the Faculty for Comparative Study of Religions and Humanism (FVG), an independent faculty established in 1980 in Antwerp.

ESP-UCR, 2019

Subjetividades esotéricas. Estudios sobre masonería, espiritismo y teosofía en Costa Rica. Editad... more Subjetividades esotéricas. Estudios sobre masonería, espiritismo y teosofía en Costa Rica. Editado por Francisco Rodríguez Cascante y Ricardo Martínez Esquivel. Prólogo por Juan Pablo Bubello. Puntarenas: ESP-UCR, 2019. 397 págs. ISBN: 978-9930-9685-3-6.

International Journal for the Study of New Religions, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2020, pp. 5-12.

The International Journal for the Study of New Religions owes a per- manent debt to Liselotte Fri... more The International Journal for the Study of New Religions owes a per- manent debt to Liselotte Frisk (1959–2020), who was its founding co-editor with me. Jim Lewis, then at University of Tromsø, pro- posed that a journal devoted to the study of new religions be estab- lished with a professional body attached to it. Initially Jim and Liselotte were going to be the editors, but he introduced me to Liselotte via e-mail and proposed that we work together to edit IJSNR. We divided the editor role into two distinct sets of tasks and what fol- lowed was a four-year tenure (2010–2013) that produced some excel- lent journal issues with wide-ranging content that encouraged new and emerging scholars and introduced Anglophone readers to work by Euro- pean scholars that might otherwise not have made it into an English language journal. Working together meant that we developed a friend- ship that became stronger after we met in the “real world” at CESNUR in Taiwan in 2011. That conference is for me a happy memory overlaid with great sorrow. The event was organized by Clyde Forsberg (Aletheia University) who died in February 2021, the same month my partner Donald Barrett (who in 2011 aided Liselotte with booking her flights and accommodation in Taiwan) died in hospital in Sydney.

Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2022, pp. 122-124.

Over the past few years, events such as the assassination of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a... more Over the past few years, events such as the assassination of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and allegations regarding COVID-19 and The Shincheonji Church of Jesus in South Korea have illuminated the need for scholarly attention to new and minority religions in East Asia. The Journal of Daesoon Thought and the Religions of East Asia focuses on one particularly successful indigenous new religion in Korea: Daesoon Jinrihoe. Editor Carole Cusack has assembled a strong and diverse collection of articles from established experts in this first volume of the Journal of Daesoon Thought and the Religions of East Asia. As the title of the journal suggests, each of the six articles in the volume engages with a different facet of Daesoon Jinrihoe and the journal concludes with a a review by Eileen Barker of an English translation of Daesoon Jinrohoe’s scriptures along with two accompanying texts: a guidebook for members and a short introductory text titled Essentials of Daesoon Jinrihoe (155–159).