"[Italian socioreligiologist Massimo] Introvigne maintains that the vampire inhabits countries devoid of the liberating notion of Purgatory. …Perhaps dealing with the myth of the vampire today is a practical and even ascetic exercise."
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Marco Respinti, "“Vampires”: A New Portfolio-Book by Massimo Introvigne and Giacomo Porcelli", Bitter Winter (June 2025)
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