Archives
Volume 8, Issue 1, January–February 2024 (View full issue)
The Controversies Around Natha Yoga Center in Helsinki: Background, Causes, and Context
Liselotte Frisk†
(pp. 3–33) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2024.8.1.1
The Hiroshima Panels and Soka Gakkai’s Anti-Atomic-Weapon Aesthetics
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 34–61) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2024.8.1.2
Update on the Buenos Aires Yoga School
Alessandro Amicarelli
(pp. 62–78) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2024.8.1.3
Research Notes
Jehovah’s Witnesses and Shunning
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 79–105) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2024.8.1.4
Supplements
Novedades sobre la Escuela de Yoga de Buenos Aires
Alessandro Amicarelli
Supplement to Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2024
(pp. I—XVII) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2024.supp.8.1.1
Volume 7, Issue 6, November–December 2023 (View full issue)
Russian Anti-Scientology Technology and the Ukrainian War
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 3–18) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.6.1
The Myth of a Russia Besieged by “Cults”: From Ivan Ilyin to the Russian FECRIS’ Campaigns Against Scientology
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 19–33) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.6.2
The Unification Church Issue in Japan: An Analysis by a Japanese Christian Theologian
Haruhisa Nakagawa
(pp. 34–44) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.6.3
Research Notes
From Mental Health to Spiritual Technology: The Evolution of Religious Practice in Scientology
Attila Miklovicz
(pp. 45–60) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.6.4
Why New Proposals to Criminalize Jehovah’s Witnesses’ “Shunning” Are Wrong: A Response to Grendele, Flax, and Bapir-Tardy
Massimo Introvigne and James T. Richardson
(pp. 61–69) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.6.5
Documents
“Dear Prime Minister Kishida”: Why the Unification Church Should Not Be Dissolved
Tatsuki Nakayama
(pp. 70–92) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.6.6
Volume 7, Issue 5, September-October 2023 (View full issue)
What Ever Happened to the Worldwide Church of God?
J. Gordon Melton
(pp. 3–19) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.5.1
Dalí’s The Three Sphinxes of Bikini and Soka Gakkai’s Anti-Nuclear-Weapons Campaigns
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 20–33) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.5.2
Daisaku Ikeda’s “Life-Sized Paradigm”: From the 2003 Peace Proposal to the 2023 Statement on the G7 Hiroshima Summit
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 34–48) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.5.3
Design and Application of Activity Value Management (AVM): The Case of Taiwan Soka Association
Anne Wu
(pp. 49–65) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.5.4
Research Notes
“Turning the Poison into Medicine”: Soka Gakkai in Italy and COVID-19
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 66–88) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.5.5
Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2023 (View full issue)
From Cults to Cobayes: New Religions as “Guinea Pigs” for Testing New Laws. The Case of the Buenos Aires Yoga School
Susan J. Palmer
(pp. 3–24) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.4.1
Fabricating Victims: The Fraudulent Attack Against the Unification Church in Japan
Masumi Fukuda
(pp. 25–42) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.4.2
Anti-Jehovah’s-Witnesses Campaigns in Japan After the Assassination of Shinzo Abe
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 43–53) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.4.3
The War in Ukraine and Russian Conspiracy Theories About the Jehovah’s Witnesses
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 54–62) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.4.4
Research Notes
Conscience, Religious Liberty, and the Tai Ji Men Case
Marco Respinti
(pp. 63–77) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.4.5
Peace Education and Spirituality at the United Nations: Tai Ji Men and the Road to the International Day of Conscience
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 78–87) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.4.6
Volume 7, Issue 3, May–June 2023 (View full issue)
The Great Cult Scare in Argentina and the Buenos Aires Yoga School
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 3–32) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.3.1
Protests Signed with Real Names: The Discrimination Against Second Generation Believers of the Unification Church/Family Federation in Japan
Masumi Fukuda
(pp. 33–47) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.3.2
Documents
“Do Not Dissolve the Former Unification Church”: A Letter to Keiko Nagaoka, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology
Masumi Fukuda
(pp. 48–70) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.3.3
Deprogramming and the Unification Church in Japan: The Toru Goto Decision (2014)
(pp. 71–99) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.3.4
Research Notes
Deceptive Evangelism Is Not Always Illegal: The Korean Supreme Court Decision in the “Youth Group Case”
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 100–107) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.3.5
Supplements
La gran caza de brujas contra las sectas en Argentina y la Escuela de Yoga de Buenos Aires
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. I–XXXI) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.supp.7.3.1
« Il ne faut pas dissoudre l’ex-Église de l’Unification ! » : Lettre à Mme Keiko Nagaoka, ministre de l’éducation, de la culture, des sports, des sciences et de la technologie
Masumi Fukuda
(pp. XXXII–LVI) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.supp.7.3.2
Volume 7, Issue 2, March–April 2023 (View full issue)
Loup Blanc: A French Shaman and the Anti-Cult Police
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 3–28) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.2.1
The Abe Assassination and the Use of Ex-Members in Japan in the Campaign Against the Unification Church: The Case of Sayuri Ogawa
Masumi Fukuda
(pp. 29–57) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.2.2
All Political Questions Are Ultimately Religious: The American Founding and the Tai Ji Men Case
Marco Respinti
(pp. 58–71) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.2.3
Research Notes
Dangerous for Many Religions: The New Japanese Guidelines on Religious Donations and “Religious Abuse of Children”
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 72–113) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.2.4
Volume 7, Issue 1, January–February 2023 (View full issue)
In the Shadow of Russia: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Religious Freedom in Central Asia. Some Introductory Considerations
Eileen Barker
(pp. 3–11) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.1.1
The Russian Campaign Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Its Influence in Central Asia
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 12–25) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.1.2
The Central Asian Context and the Jehovah’s Witnesses: An Overview
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 26–49) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.1.3
Jehovah’s Witnesses Use of the United Nations Human Rights Committee to Fight Discrimination in Central Asia
James T. Richardson
(pp. 50–55) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.1.4
Religious Freedom in Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan and the Jehovah’s Witnesses
Willy Fautré
(pp. 56–71) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.1.5
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kazakhstan: Preliminary Results of a Survey
Serik Beissembayev
(pp. 72–78) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.1.6
Strategy for Interfaith Tolerance in Modern Kazakhstan and the Jehovah’s Witnesses
Oleg Sinyakov
(pp. 79–93) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.1.7
The Role of Forensic Experts in the Repression of Religious Minorities in Kyrgyzstan
Indira Aslanova
(pp. 94–99) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.1.8
Volume 6, Issue 6, November-December 2022 (View full issue)
Beth Sarim: Princes, Slander, and the Millennium
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 3–23) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.6.1
“I Will Shoot Him, or Cut His Throat, Spill His Blood on the Ground”: Mormon Blood Atonement and Utah Capital Punishment
Michael W. Homer
(pp. 24–46) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.6.2
Scientology, Jehovah’s Witnesses, “Cults,” and Conspiracy Theories in Russia Before and During the War in Ukraine
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 47–73) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.6.3
Research Notes
The Assassination of Shinzo Abe and the Unification Church
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 74–96) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.6.4
Documents
The Abe Assassination Case: Supplemental Statement Submitted at the 136th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee
Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience (CAP-LC)
(pp. 97–106) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.6.5
Volume 6, Issue 5, September-October 2022 (View full issue)
Nuclear Disarmament After Ukraine: The Future of Soka Gakkai’s Anti-Nuclear-Weapons Movement
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 3–17) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.5.1
Exorcizing the Atomic Bomb Through the Arts in Italy: From Eaismo to Senzatomica
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 18–38) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.5.2
Daisaku Ikeda’s Philosophy and Soka Gakkai’s Actions Against Nuclear Weapons: Reviving Teachings of Nichiren Buddhism
Kazuhiro Tobisawa
(pp. 39–49) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.5.3
Senzatomica: Transforming the Human Spirit for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Enza Pellecchia
(pp. 50–58) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.5.4
Reviews
Claire Newell, Katherine Rushton, Sophie Barnes, Janet Eastham, and Jack Leather, “Call Bethel”
Reviewed by Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 59–79) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.5.5
The Family Survival Trust, Coercive Control in Cultic Groups in the United Kingdom
Reviewed by Massimo Introvigne and James T. Richardson
(pp. 80–87) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.5.6
Volume 6, Issue 4, July-August 2022 (View full issue)
Archeosophical Icon Painting and Iconognosis
Daniele Corradetti
(pp. 4–18) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.4.1
Archeosophical Music and Melurgy
Daniele Corradetti and Francesco Cresti
(pp. 19–37) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.4.2
Archeosophy, the Arts, and Poetry
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 38–61) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.4.3
The Swedish Asylum Case of Gregorian Bivolaru, 2005
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 62–74) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.4.4
Research Notes / Emic Conference Papers on the Tai Ji Men Case
“Calling a Stag a Horse”: Words, Subversion, and the Tai Ji Men Case
Lily Chen
(pp. 75–83) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.4.5
Religious Freedom Issues in Post-Authoritarian Democracies: Taiwan and the Tai Ji Men Case
Chen Chieh-An
(pp. 84–92) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.4.6
A Tale of Two Countries: What Taiwan Can Learn from Canada
Jessica Kuo
(pp. 93–102) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.4.7
Dancing with the Dragon: Holistic Education and the Tai Ji Men Crisis in Taiwan
Linda P.-L. Chen
(pp. 103–112) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.4.8
Taiwan’s Tax System, the Two Covenants, and the Tai Ji Men Case: Six Problems
Annie Cheng
(pp. 113–121) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.4.9
Young Taiwanese Dizi and the Tai Ji Men Case
Huang Pin Chia
(pp. 122–130) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.4.10
Book Reviews
Massimo Introvigne, Sacred Eroticism: Tantra and Eros in the Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute (MISA)
Reviewed by Michele Olzi
(pp. 131–139) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.4.11
Volume 6, Issue 3, May–June 2022 (View full issue)
Anti-Cult Ideology and FECRIS: Dangers for Religious Freedom
Luigi Berzano, Boris Falikov, Willy Fautré, Liudmyla Filipovich, Massimo Introvigne, Bernadette Rigal-Cellard
(pp. 3–24) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.3.1
Sympathy for the Devil: The Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS and Its Support for Russian and Chinese Repression of Religion
Luigi Berzano, Boris Falikov, Willy Fautré, Liudmyla Filipovich, Massimo Introvigne, Bernadette Rigal-Cellard
(pp. 25–67) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.3.2
“Secretophobia”: The Modern Prejudice Against Religious and Spiritual Secrets
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 68–82) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.3.3
The Secret of the Confession: A Thing of the Past?
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 83–100) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.3.4
Emic Perspectives on the Tai Ji Men Case
Annie Cheng and Liu Yin-Chun
(pp. 101–114) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.3.5
Volume 6, Issue 2, March–April 2022 (View full issue)
Cardiognosis and Archeosophy: Mystical Asceticism Within the Struggles of Modern Life
Daniele Corradetti
(pp. 3–31) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.2.1
Tommaso Palamidessi’s The Christian Book of the Dead: A Book for the Living
Francesco Cresti and Daniele Corradetti
(pp. 32–61) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.2.2
The Universal Peace Federation: Moon Front or Respected NGO?
Alessandro Amicarelli, Willy Fautré, Holly Folk, Massimo Introvigne, Marco Respinti, Bernadette Rigal-Cellard, and Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 62–80) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.2.3
The Anti-Xie-Jiao Tradition, Taiwanese Governments, and Minority Religions
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 81–90) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.2.4
Tai Ji Men and the Tai Ji Men Case: Politics Versus Spiritual Minorities
Chen Yi-Jing
(pp. 91–97) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.2.5
The United Nations, Transitional Justice, and Religious Liberty
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 98–107) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.2.6
Transitional Justice and Religious Liberty in Taiwan
Tsai Cheng-An
(pp. 108–116) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.2.7
Volume 6, Issue 1, January–February 2022 (View full issue)
Providence Church and the Festinger Syndrome
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 3–26) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.1.1
The Christian Gospel Mission (Providence) Church in Taiwan
Tsai Chih-Che and Peng Ten-Lung
(pp. 27–77) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.1.2
The Charitable Works of Vietnamese Caodaism
Nguyễn Tuấn Em
(pp. 78–91) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2022.6.1.3
Volume 5, Issue 6, November–December 2021 (View full issue)
The Active Dynamic of Resilience in Soka Philosophy
Vinicio Busacchi
(pp. 3–25) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.6.1
Too Secularized for French Secularism: Testing the Resilience of Soka Gakkai as a Religious Institution
Yanis Ben Hammouda
(pp. 26–42) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.6.2
Buddhism and Women: Centers and Peripheries. A Case Study of Soka Gakkai
Toshie Kurihara
(pp. 43–52) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.6.3
An Endless Controversy: L. Ron Hubbard’s “Affirmations”
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 53–69) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.6.4
Ex-Member Accounts from New Religious Movements: A Compilation, 2000-Present
J. Gordon Melton and W. Michael Ashcraft
(pp. 70–103) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.6.5
Volume 5, Issue 5, September–October 2021 (View full issue)
Soka Gakkai in Italy: Periphery or Center?
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 3–13) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.5.1
La Maison littéraire de Victor Hugo in Bièvres: A Shrine of Hugo’s Teachings to Buttress Daisaku Ikeda’s Project for the Betterment of Our World
Bernadette Rigal-Cellard
(pp. 14–38) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.5.2
The Political Globalization of Soka Gakkai: Center or Periphery?
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 39–49) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.5.3
Taiwan Soka Association and Its Social Impact
Anne Wu
(pp. 50–67) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.5.4
Uncompleted Transitional Justice in Taiwan: Repression of Religious and Spiritual Minorities and the Tai Ji Men Case
Tsai Cheng-An
(pp. 68–93) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.5.5
Volume 5, Issue 4, July–August 2021 (View full issue)
1950 Shades of Pinks and Greys: Was L. Ron Hubbard Drugged Out When He Developed OT III?
Ian C. Camacho
(pp. 3–57) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.4.1
Labeling Scientology: “Cult,” “Fringe,” “Extremist,” or Mainstream?
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 58–76) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.4.2
The Tai Ji Men Case: A Legal Analysis
Chen Tze-Lung, Huang Chun-Chieh, and Wu Ching-Chin
(pp. 77–99) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.4.3
Volume 5, Issue 3, May–June 2021 (View full issue)
Prophecy, Passports, and Persecution: Church of Almighty God Asylum Cases, 2015–2021
Massimo Introvigne, James T. Richardson, and Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 3–135) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.3.1
Volume 5, Issue 2, March–April 2021 (View full issue)
Introduction: The Study of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Bernard Doherty, Steve Knowles, and Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 3–17) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.2.1
Brethren and Separation
Crawford Gribben
(pp. 18–36) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.2.2
The Exclusive Brethren in Scotland: A Historical Overview, 1838–2018
Neil T.R. Dickson
(pp. 37–66) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.2.3
Why the New Zealand Plymouth Brethren Intervened in Politics in 2005
Peter J. Lineham
(pp. 67–91) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.2.4
The Appropriation of Information and Communication Technologies by the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Steve Knowles
(pp. 92–112) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.2.5
Parenting Orders for Brethren Families in Australia: The Religious Perspective of Children
Mitchell Landrigan
(pp. 113–134) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.2.6
The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church in Sweden: Child Rearing and Schooling
Liselotte Frisk and Sanja Nilsson
(pp. 135–160) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.2.7
Volume 5, Issue 1, January–February 2021 (View full issue)
The Atlas of Religious or Belief Minority Rights: First Data (With a Focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses)
Silvio Ferrari
(pp. 3–15) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.1.1
Why Opposition? An Exploration of Hostility Towards Jehovah’s Witnesses
George D. Chryssides
(pp. 16–38) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.1.2
Opposition to Jehovah’s Witnesses in the United States Through the Twentieth Century
J. Gordon Melton
(pp. 39–53) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.1.3
Dangerous Freedoms: Jehovah’s Witnesses, Religious Liberty, and the Questions of Sexual Abusers and Disfellowshipped Ex-Members
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 54–81) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.1.4
Religious Freedom in the Russian Federation and the Jehovah’s Witnesses
Germana Carobene
(pp. 82–103) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.1.5
Volume 4, Issue 6, November–December 2020 (View full issue)
An Introduction: Scapegoating the Jehovah’s Witnesses to Maintain the Cohesion of National Communities
Bernadette Rigal-Cellard
(pp. 3–10) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.6.1
Opposition to Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia: The Cultural Roots
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 11–24) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.6.2
Opposition to Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia: The Anti-Cult Context. The Role of Anti-Cult Myths About Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Increasing Persecution of This Denomination in the Russian Federation
Sergey Ivanenko
(pp. 25–40) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.6.3
Opposition to Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia: Legal Measures
Willy Fautré
(pp. 41–57) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.6.4
The Rights of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia and Beyond: The Role of the European Court of Human Rights
James T. Richardson
(pp. 58–68) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.6.5
Being Jehovah’s Witnesses: Living in the World Without Being Part of It
Raffaella Di Marzio
(pp. 69–91) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.6.6
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in the Era of COVID-19
Maria d’Arienzo
(pp. 92–99) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.6.7
Volume 4, Issue 5, September–October 2020 (View full issue)
A Brief History of the Theosophical Society in Japan in the Interwar Period
Helena Čapková
(pp. 3–26) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.5.1
A New Religion Fights for Peace: The Case of the Quakers in Korea
J. Gordon Melton
(pp. 27–41) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.5.2
Esotericism in the Mirror of COVID-19: Gregorian Bivolaru, MISA, and the Pandemic
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 42–63) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.5.3
Abusus Non Tollit Usum? Korea’s Legal Response to Coronavirus and the Shincheonji Church of Jesus
Ciarán Burke
(pp. 64–85) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.5.4
COVID-19: Treatment of Clusters in Protestant Churches and the Shincheonji Church in South Korea. A Comparative Study
Willy Fautré
(pp. 86–100) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.5.5
Abrogating the Rule of Law: The Tai Ji Men Tax Case in Taiwan
Kenneth A. Jacobsen
(pp. 101–120) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.5.6
Volume 4, Issue 4, July–August 2020 (View full issue)
“We Can Lift This World While Quarantined”: Scientology and the 2020 Pandemic
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 3–24) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.4.1
The Response of Soka Gakkai to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Personhood, Interiority, and a Civil Society in Crisis Mode
Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen
(pp. 25–48) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.4.2
Deception, New Religious Movements, and Claims for Damages: The Case of H.E. et al. v Seosan Church of Shincheonji et al.
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 49–68) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.4.3
Notes on a Survey Among Religious Studies Scholars
PierLuigi Zoccatelli
(pp. 69–88) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.4.4
“New New Religions” in North America: The Swaminarayan Family of Religions
J. Gordon Melton
(pp. 89–109) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.4.5
Volume 4, Issue 3, May–June 2020 (View full issue)
Shincheonji: An Introduction
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 3–20) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.3.1
“Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light”: Shincheonji as a Global Social Actor and Its Enemies
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 21–34) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.3.2
Coercive Change of Religion in South Korea: The Case of the Shincheonji Church
Willy Fautré
(pp. 35–56) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.3.3
“People Trapped Inside Shincheonji”: Broadcasting the Darker Side of Deprogramming
Raffaella Di Marzio
(pp. 57–69) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.3.4
Shincheonji and the COVID-19 Epidemic: Sorting Fact from Fiction
Massimo Introvigne, Willy Fautré, Rosita Šorytė, Alessandro Amicarelli, and Marco Respinti
(pp. 70–86) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.3.5
Volume 4, Issue 2, March–April 2020 (View full issue)
La Luz del Mundo: A Short History
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 3–20) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.2.1
The Rise of La Luz del Mundo in Texas
J. Gordon Melton
(pp. 21–35) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.2.2
The Concept of the Divinity in La Luz del Mundo
Sara S. Pozos Bravo
(pp. 36–43) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.2.3
La Luz del Mundo’s Social and Charitable Activities
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 44–56) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.2.4
Field Report: The Light of the World in Greater Los Angeles
Donald A. Westbrook
(pp. 57–71) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.2.5
Discrimination Against La Luz del Mundo Members After the Arrest of the Apostle
Francisco Tenório
(pp. 72–77) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.2.6
Volume 4, Issue 1, January–February 2020 (View full issue),
Tommaso Palamidessi, l’Archeosofia, e lo studio dell’esoterismo
PierLuigi Zoccatelli
(pp. 3–6) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.1.1
Tommaso Palamidessi (1915-1983). Cenni biografici e opere del fondatore dell’Archeosofia
Gina Lullo
(pp. 7–30) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.1.2
L’Archeosofia e la metafisica sperimentale di Tommaso Palamidessi, ovvero la pratica spirituale
Daniele Corradetti – Gina Lullo
(pp. 31–54) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.1.3
Diventare archeosofi. Percorsi di cambiamento e sviluppo personale
Raffaella Di Marzio
(pp. 55–107) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.1.4
Archeosofia, scuola Archeosofica, Associazione Archeosofica. La libertà religiosa e l’unità delle religioni
Francesco Cresti
(pp. 108–120) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.1.5
Volume 3, Issue 6, November–December 2019 (View full issue)
Soka Gakkai in Italy: Success and Controversies
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 3–17) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.6.1
Soka Gakkai’s Campaigns for Nuclear Disarmament
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 18–31) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.6.2
The Limits of Religious Tolerance in France: The Case of Soka Gakkai
Yanis Ben Hammouda
(pp. 32–47) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.6.3
New Religions and Lifelong Learning in Taiwan: The I Ching University of Weixin Shengjiao
Jimmy Ching Ming Chang
(pp. 48–58) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.6.4
Tantric Traditions in the Spiritual Teaching of Guru Jára
Pavel Hlavinka
(pp. 59–87) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.6.5
Volume 3, Issue 5, September-October 2019 (View full issue)
Would the Real Article 300 Please Stand Up? Refugees from Religious Movements Persecuted as Xie Jiao in China: The Case of The Church of Almighty God
Massimo Introvigne, James T. Richardson, and Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 3–86) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.5.1
Channelling for Salvation: The History and Beliefs of the Dutch Spiritual Church-Society (NSK, 1945–1993)
Lotje Elisabeth Vermeulen
(pp. 87–107) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.5.2
Experiences of Affiliation to the Italian Soka Gakkai: An Analysis According to the Rambo et al. Integrated Model
Raffaella Di Marzio
(pp. 108–121) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.5.3
Volume 3, Issue 4, July–August 2019 (View full issue)
Sex, Magic, and the Police: The Saga of Guru Jára
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 3–30) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.4.1
Degrees of Truth: Sequoia University and Doctor L. Ron Hubbard, PhD, D. Scn, D.D.
Ian C. Camacho
(pp. 31–130) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.4.2
Volume 3, Issue 3, May–June 2019 (View full issue)
The Art of H.C. Mansveld and Its Impact on the Public Perception of Dutch Spiritualism in the Period 1925–1939
Ferdinand Thomas Dobbelaer
(pp. 3–17) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.3.1
The World’s First Clear Presentation: When Hubbard Met Sonya Bianchi at the Shrine Auditorium
Ian C. Camacho
(pp. 18–52) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.3.2
The Gnostic L. Ron Hubbard: Was He Influenced by Aleister Crowley?
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 53–81) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.3.3
Religion-Based Refugee Claims in Italy: Chinese Asylum Seekers from The Church of Almighty God
Cristina Calvani
(pp. 82–105) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.3.4
Volume 3, Issue 2, March–April 2019 (View full issue)
Introduction: Why An Issue in Japanese | 序論: 日本語版の配信にあたって
The Journal of CESNUR
(pp. 4–10) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.2.1
全能神教会
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 11–25) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.2.2
家族のつながりと全能神教会の成長
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 26–44) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.2.3
「残酷な殺人、残忍な殺害、野獣を殺す」：招遠市で2014年に発生したマクドナルドの「カルト殺人」に関する調査
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 45–55) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.2.4
フェイクニュース！グローバルな現象としての全能神教会に対し、資源を総動員する中国
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 56–72) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.2.5
宣誓供述書
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 73–77) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.2.6
ジェームズ・T・リチャードソン（法務博士、学術博士）からの声明
James T. Richardson
(pp. 78–80) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.2.7
宣誓供述書
PierLuigi Zoccatelli
(pp. 81–86) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.2.8
ペルージャ裁判所第一市民部
Justice Court of Perugia (Italy)
(pp. 87–94) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.2.9
宗教に基づく中国からの難民に対する OSCE 加盟国における不寛容および差別: 全能神教会の事例
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 95–97) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.2.10
中国での宗教弾圧 – OSCE 加盟国への影響
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 98–100) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.2.11
宗教の迫害による中国からの難民（全能神教会）が欧州で難民申請を拒否される
Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience
(pp. 101–105) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.2.12
恣意的な勾留 – 中国
Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience
(pp. 106–110) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.2.13
中国の新興宗教団体への弾圧
Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience
(pp. 111–113) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.2.14
日本で亡命を希望する全能神教会の信者
Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience
(pp. 114–118) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.2.15
Volume 3, Issue 1, January–February 2019 (View full issue)
Introduction: The Pen Is Mightier than the Sword
The Journal of CESNUR
(pp. 4–7) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.1.1
The Visible Expansion of the Church of Scientology and Its Actors
Bernadette Rigal-Cellard
(pp. 8–118) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.1.2
Disconnection in Scientology: A “Unique” Policy?
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 119–139) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.1.3
No B.S. in C.E. Here: An Addendum to “Degrees of Truth: Engineering L. Ron Hubbard”
Ian C. Camacho
(pp. 140–164) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.1.4
Donald A. Westbrook, Among the Scientologists: History, Theology, and Praxis
Reviewed by J. Gordon Melton
(pp. 165–167) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.1.5
Peter Schulte, Die Akte Scientology: Die geheimen Dokumente der Bundesregierung
Reviewed by Boris Falikov
(pp. 168–172) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.1.5
Éric Roux, Tout savoir sur la scientologie
Reviewed by Bernadette Rigal-Cellard
(pp. 172–176) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.1.5
Flavia Piccinni and Carmine Gazzanni, Nella setta
Reviewed by Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 176–180) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.1.5
Volume 2, Issue 6, November–December 2018 (View full issue)
Introduction. The Ambash Family: A Stereotypical “Cult” in Israel
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 4–8) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.6.1
“Cults” and Enslavement via Brainwashing in Israeli Justice: The Case of Daniel Ambash
Susan J. Palmer
(pp. 9–36) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.6.2
The Religious Challenge of Neo-Hasidic Judaism: Contextualizing the Daniel Ambash Case
Holly Folk
(pp. 37–53) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.6.3
The Absence of an Expert Opinion in the Ambash Case and the Problem of the Victims’ Rights
Georges-Elia Sarfati
(pp. 54–69) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.6.4
An Open Letter to the Israeli Supreme Court on the Ambash Case
Holly Folk et al.
(pp. 70–73) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.6.5
Does “Mental Slavery” Exist? An Expert Opinion
Massimo Introvigne et al.
(pp. 74–97) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.6.6
“He Hoped for Justice, and, Behold, There Was Injustice; for Righteousness, and Behold, an Outcry” (Isaiah 5:7)—State Crimes Against Children and Parents: The Ambash Women and Their Children
Esther Hertzog
(pp. 98–103) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.6.7
The Abuse of the Judicial System in the Ambash Case
Yossi Nakar
(pp. 104–108) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.6.8
Volume 2, Issue 5, September–October 2018 (View full issue)
Introduction: The Korean “Rush Hour of the Gods” and Daesoon Jinrihoe
PierLuigi Zoccatelli
(pp. 4–7) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.5.1
Cultural Identity and New Religions in Korea
Kang Donku
(pp. 8–16) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.5.2
New Religions and Daesoon Jinrihoe in Korea
Yoon Yongbok
(pp. 17–25) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.5.3
Daesoon Jinrihoe: An Introduction
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 26–48) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.5.4
Personal Lineage as the Main Organizational Principle in Daesoon Jinrihoe
Park Sangkyu
(pp. 49–61) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.5.5
Theories of Suffering in East Asian Religions: The Case of Daesoon Jinrihoe
Cha Seon-Keun
(pp. 62–74) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.5.6
The Yeoju Headquarters Temple Complex as a Center for Social Welfare and Humanitarian Aid
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 75–83) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.5.7
Problems in Researching Korean New Religions: A Case Study of Daesoon Jinrihoe
Yoon Yongbok and Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 84–107) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.5.8
Volume 2, Issue 4, July–August 2018 (View full issue)
Introduction—Emperor Nero Redux: Fake News and Anti-Cult Movements
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 3–9) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.4.1
Fake News! Chinese Mobilization of Resources Against The Church of Almighty God as a Global Phenomenon
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 10–27) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.4.2
Degrees of Truth: Engineering L. Ron Hubbard
Ian C. Camacho
(pp. 28–60) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.4.3
Trance, Meditation and Brainwashing: The Israeli Use of Hypnosis Law and New Religious Movements
Marianna Ruah-Midbar Shapiro and Sharon Warshawski
(pp. 61–96) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.4.4
La “fobia delle sette” in Italia: fake news al servizio della denigrazione religiosa
Massimo Giusio
(pp. 97–117) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.4.5
La Soka Gakkai che non c’è. Fake news e movimenti antisette
Raffaella Di Marzio
(pp. 118–140) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.4.6
Volume 2, Issue 3, May–June 2018 (View full issue)
Introduction: Mysticism, the Esoteric Paradigm, and Oleg Maltsev
PierLuigi Zoccatelli
(pp. 3–13) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.3.1
In Search of Mysticism: Oleg Maltsev and the Applied Sciences Association
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 14–35) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.3.2
No Fear No Regret: Oleg Maltsev and the Mythical History of Salvatore Giuliano
Raffaella Di Marzio
(pp. 36–53) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.3.3
Anti-Cult Wars in Europe: FECRIS, Alexander Dvorkin and Others. The Case of the Applied Sciences Association in Odessa
Willy Fautré
(pp. 54–65) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.3.4
Applied Sciences Association: An Annotated Bibliography and Filmography of Primary Sources
The Journal of CESNUR
(pp. 66–114) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.3.5
Volume 2, Issue 2, March–April 2018 (View full issue)
Introduction: Scientology and the New Cult Wars
The Journal of CESNUR
(pp. 4–10) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.2.1
Is Scientology a Religion?
Luigi Berzano
(pp. 11–20) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.2.2
A Contemporary Ordered Religious Community: The Sea Organization
J. Gordon Melton
(pp. 21–59) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.2.3
“The Most Misunderstood Human Endeavor”: L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology, and Fine Arts
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 60–92) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.2.4
The Social Construction of “Extremism” in Russia: From the Jehovah’s Witnesses to Scientology and Beyond
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 93–100) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.2.5
The Provisions Against Religious Extremism and Illegal Business Activity as Instruments for Outlawing Religious Minorities in Russia: The Case of the Church of Scientology
Boris Falikov
(pp. 101–110) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.2.6
What Is Really Happening in Russia? A Response to Prof. Introvigne and Prof. Falikov
PierLuigi Zoccatelli
(pp. 118–123) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.2.7
Religious Discrimination and State Neutrality: The Case of Scientology in Hungary
Patricia Duval
(pp. 101–110) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.2.8
Kent, Stephen A., and Susan Raine, eds. Scientology and Popular Culture: Influences and Struggles for Legitimacy
Reviewed by Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 124–129) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.2.9
Aldo Natale Terrin, Scientology. Libertà e immortalità
Reviewed by Luigi Berzano
(pp. 129–131) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.2.9
Volume 2, Issue 1, January–February 2018 (View full issue)
Anti-Cult Campaigns in China and the Case of The Church of Almighty God: An Introduction
PierLuigi Zoccatelli
(pp. 3–12) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.1.1
Xie Jiao as “Criminal Religious Movements”: A New Look at Cult Controversies in China and Around the World
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 13–32) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.1.2
The List: The Evolution of China’s List of Illegal and Evil Cults
Edward A. Irons
(pp. 33–57) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.1.3
Protestant Continuities in The Church of Almighty God
Holly Folk
(pp. 58–77) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.1.4
Religious Persecution, Refugees, and Right of Asylum: The Case of The Church of Almighty God
Rosita Šorytė
(pp. 78–99) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.1.5
Captivity Narratives: Did The Church of Almighty God Kidnap 34 Evangelical Pastors in 2002?
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 100–110) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.1.6
Volume 1, Issue 2, November–December 2017 (View full issue)
Weixin Shengjiao: An Introduction
Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 3–19) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2017.1.2.1
The Supranational Messianism of Weixin Shengjiao: Unifying the Two Chinas Thanks to the Celebration of Mythical Ancestors
Bernadette Rigal-Cellard
(pp. 20–39) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2017.1.2.2
New Religions in Taiwan and Korea: A Comparative Study of Weixin Shengjiao (唯心聖教) and Daesoon Jinrihoe (大巡真理會)
Fiona Hsin-Fang Chang
(pp. 40–65) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2017.1.2.3
A Comparison Between Daesoon Jinrihoe’s “Resolution of Grievances for Mutual Beneficence” and Weixin Shengjiao’s “Resolving Grievances to Make Life Harmonious”
Taesoo Kim
(pp. 66–95) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2017.1.2.4
“Cult Crimes” and Fake News: Eye-Gouging in Shanxi
Holly Folk
(pp. 96–109) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2017.1.2.5
Rebecca Stott, In the Days of Rain. A Daughter. A Father. A Cult
Reviewed by Massimo Introvigne
(pp. 110–116) DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2017.1.2.6
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