As Massimo Introvigne of the Center for Studies on New Religion explains, Preacher was " among the popular comic book series which ... focused interest on the subject.

Massimo Introvigne, who studied the Unification Church and other new religious movements, said that this confirmed that full-time membership is no longer considered crucial to church members.

* Introvigne, Massimo ( May 1994 ).

CESNUR ’ s president Massimo Introvigne writes in his article " So many evil things: Anti-cult terrorism via the Internet " that fringe and extreme anti-cult activism resorts to tactics that may create a background favorable to extreme manifestations of discrimination and hate against individuals that belong to new religious movements.

Massimo Introvigne of the Center for Studies on New Religions writes in The Unification Church ( 2000 ): " The issue of succession is now of fundamental importance.

Its director is the Italian sociologist and attorney Massimo Introvigne.

One CESNUR-affiliated scholar responds to Hein's criticisms by stating that " Some of us – myself ( Douglas Cowan ), Eileen ( Barker ), Massimo ( Introvigne ), Jeff ( Hadden ), Irving Hexham, Anson Shupe, David Bromley, Gordon Melton – are listed on Hein's site as dedicated ' cult apologists ' of varying degrees of prominence.

In 1997, Melton, Massimo Introvigne and Elizabeth Miller organized an event at the Westin Hotel in Los Angeles where 1, 500 attendees ( some dressed as vampires ) came for a " creative writing contest, Gothic rock music and theatrical performances ".

Massimo Introvigne ( b. June 14, 1955 in Rome ) is an Italian sociologist and intellectual property consultant.

Born in Rome on June 14, 1955, Massimo Introvigne reported in a partially autobiographical paper presented at the 2008 yearly conference of the American Academy of Religion in Chicago how his interest in non-Christian religions dates back to his reading as a young boy of the novels of Emilio Salgari, Rudyard Kipling, and Luigi Ugolini ( 1891 – 1980, the author of the 1950 Italian novel L ' isola non trovata ), which included references to Hinduism, Islam and other religions not generally well-known at that time in Italy.

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In a eulogical article by Massimo Introvigne, Director of the Center for Studies on New Religions ( CESNUR ), he is described as " one of the most distinguished sociologists of the 20th century " who has exercised " a crucial influence on the sociology of religion, not only through his many publications but also through the generations of his graduate students .[...

Douglas E. Cowan wrote that he had been referred to as a cult apologist, along with Eileen Barker, Massimo Introvigne, Jeff Hadden, Irving Hexham, Anson Shupe, David G. Bromley, and Gordon Melton.

* Massimo Introvigne, Opus Dei and the Anti-cult Movement in Cristianità n. 229 ( 1994 )

* Introvigne, Massimo ( May 1994 ).

* Religious Economy in Thailand: Massimo Introvigne of CESNUR-center for studies on new religions-reviews Keeping the Faith: Thai Buddhism at the Crossroads by Sanitsuda Ekachai.

According to Massimo Introvigne, a sociologist and conservative Catholic scholar, these secularists groups could not tolerate what he saw as " a return to religion of the secularized society.

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A new government was formed by the Democrats of the Left leader and former communist Massimo D ' Alema, but in April 2000, following poor performance by his coalition in regional elections, D ' Alema resigned.

* Massimo L. Salvadori, Enciclopedia storica, Zanichelli, Bologna 2000

Saved Later followed in 2000 after an amicable split with Ignatiou, who was ultimately replaced by Italian Massimo Fiocco, known as Massy, after original replacement Kee Payne left the band in 1999.

*** " The Beast in the Broch " ( with Massimo Belardinelli, in 2000 AD # 331-334, 1983 )

*** " The Bride of Crom " ( with Massimo Belardinelli, in 2000 AD # 337-342, 1983 )

*** " The Creeping Death " ( with Massimo Belardinelli, in 2000 AD # 343, 1983 )

*** " The Bull Dance " ( with Massimo Belardinelli, in 2000 AD # 344, 1983 )

*** " Dragonheist " ( with Massimo Belardinelli, in 2000 AD # 361-367, 1984 )

* " The Battle of Clontarf " ( with Massimo Belardinelli, in 2000 AD Annual, 1985 )

* Massimo Borlandi, Tarde et les criminologues italiens de son temps, in Gabriel Tarde et la criminologie au tournant du siècle, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, Villeneuve d ' Ascq, 2000.

Amato was President of the Italian antitrust authority from November 1994 to December 1997, Minister for Institutional Reforms in Massimo D ' Alema's first government from October 1998 to May 1999, and, once again, Treasury Minister in D ' Alema's second government from December 1999 to April 2000.

* Massimo L. Salvadori, Enciclopedia storica, Zanichelli, Bologna 2000

Since 21 October 1998 The Olive Tree was the core of the governments led by Massimo D ' Alema ( I and II Cabinet, 1998 – 2000 ) and by Giuliano Amato ( II Cabinet, 2000 – 2001 ).

After having been organisational secretary and Senate floor leader of the party, Di Pietro left it in April 2000 because of his opposition to the appointment of Giuliano Amato, a long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party ( which was the principal subject of investigation of Di Pietro when magistrate ), as Prime Minister of Italy after the resignation of Massimo D ' Alema.

In 2000 Lindo Ferretti published the book In Mongolia in retromarcia (" In Mongolia, in reverse "), co-authored with Massimo Zamboni, about their journey there.

* In Mongolia in retromarcia ( In Mongolia, in Reverse ); Giunti 2000, ISBN 88-09-01639-4, with Massimo Zamboni.

* Massimo D ' Alema, politician and former Prime Minister of Italy from 1998 to 2000, later Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2008

** " Fair's Fare " ( with Massimo Belardinelli, in 2000 AD # 501, 1987 )

Massimo Belardinelli ( born Rome, 5 June 1938 ; d. 31 March 2007 ) was an Italian comics artist best known for his work in the British science fiction comic 2000 AD.

* Blackhawk ( with co-writer Alan Grant and art by Massimo Belardinelli, in 2000 AD # 127, 1979 )

from: 2000 till: 2002 text :" Massimo Giuntini "

Because of the pressures of deadlines, these monthly titles saw a variety of different writers and artists employed, usually various Italian artists, most notably future 2000 AD artist Massimo Belardinelli.