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|name = CESNUR (Centro Studi sulle Nuove Religioni)

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|founded = 1988

|founder = [[:Category:Massimo Introvigne|Massimo Introvigne]]

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|type = public non-profit

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|purpose = "Promote scholarly research in the field of new religious consciousness, and are dedicated to exposing the problems associated with some movements, while defending the principles of religious liberty"

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|headquarters = Turin, Italy

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|services = Research,

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|leader_title = Director

|leader_name = [[:Category:Massimo Introvigne|Massimo Introvigne]]

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|key_people = Luigi Berzano, J. Gordon Melton, Eileen Barker, Massimo Introvigne, Michael Homer, Reender Kranenborg, Gianni Ambrosio

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'''CESNUR''' (English: ''Center for Studies on New Religions'', Italian: '''Centro Studi sulle Nuove Religioni'''), is an organization based in [[Wikipedia:Turin|Turin]], [[Wikipedia:Italy|Italy]].<ref name="Chryssides2012">{{cite book|last=Chryssides|first=George D.|title=Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WA12nHRtmAwC&pg=PA76|year=2012|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8108-6194-7|page=76}}</ref> It was established in 1988 by Italian attorney [[:Category:Massimo Introvigne|Massimo Introvigne]]. It has been described as "the highest profile lobbying and information group for controversial religions".<ref name="kent">{{cite journal|url=https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0004/article/view/3742/3559|title=The French and German versus American debate over 'new religions', Scientology and human rights|first=Stephen A.|last=Kent|journal=Marburg Journal of Religion|volume=6|issue=1|date=January 2001}}</ref>

CESNUR has defended such diverse groups as [[:Category:Aum Shinrikyo|Aum Shinrikyo]] (responsible for the Tokyo sarin gas attack), [[:Category:Solar Temple|Order of the Solar Temple]] (responsible for 74 deaths in mass murder-suicide),<ref>https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/series-of-killings_the-1994-solar-temple-cult-deaths-in-switzerland/40878686</ref> the [[:Category:Scientology|Church of Scientology]], purported-Neo-Nazi sect [[Wikipedia:New Acropolis|New Acropolis]],<ref>https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/vu-gastvrouw-voor-sektevriendelijk-congres~b02a77a8/</ref> and the [[:Category:Moonies|Unification Church]] ("Moonies").<ref name="Trouw2">https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/sekte-onderzoekers-verblind-door-eigen-inlevingsvermogen~ba6de2e5/</ref><ref name="L'Humanité">[https://www.humanite.fr/node/248466 Liaisons Dangereuses Des Universités Lyonnaises] , L'Humanité, June 27, 2001 by Serge Garde</ref>

CESNUR describes itself as an independent scholarly organization, but the organization has met with criticism for personal and financial ties to the groups it studies, leading one critic to question whether CESNUR is "too friendly and does not make enough critical comments about new religious movements and sects". <ref>https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/een-sektencongres-kan-nooit-rustig-zijn~b00c8ac6/</ref>

==See also==

*{{Wikipedia-inline|CESNUR}}

==Notes==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

*[http://www.kelebekler.com/cesnur/eng.htm Massimo Introvigne, CESNUR's founder], Miguel Martínez, Kelebek.

*[https://www.culteducation.com/apologist.html#M._Introvigne Cult Apologists - CESNUR and M. Introvigne], Cult Education Institute.

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