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Scientology
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Author : James R. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2009-03-11
Scientology written by James R. Lewis and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-11 with Social Science categories.
Scientology is arguably the most persistently controversial of all contemporary New Religious Movements. James R. Lewis has assembled an unusually comprehensive anthology, incorporating a wide range of different approaches. In this book, a group of well-known scholars of New Religious Movements offers an extensive and evenhanded overview and analysis of all of these aspects of Scientology, including the controversies to which it continues to give rise.
The Church Of Scientology
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Author : Hugh B. Urban
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2013-02-24
The Church Of Scientology written by Hugh B. Urban and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-24 with Religion categories.
Scientology's long and complex journey to recognition as a religion Scientology is one of the wealthiest and most powerful new religions to emerge in the past century. To its detractors, L. Ron Hubbard's space-age mysticism is a moneymaking scam and sinister brainwashing cult. But to its adherents, it is humanity's brightest hope. Few religious movements have been subject to public scrutiny like Scientology, yet much of what is written about the church is sensationalist and inaccurate. Here for the first time is the story of Scientology's protracted and turbulent journey to recognition as a religion in the postwar American landscape. Hugh Urban tells the real story of Scientology from its cold war-era beginnings in the 1950s to its prominence today as the religion of Hollywood's celebrity elite. Urban paints a vivid portrait of Hubbard, the enigmatic founder who once commanded his own private fleet and an intelligence apparatus rivaling that of the U.S. government. One FBI agent described him as "a mental case," but to his followers he is the man who "solved the riddle of the human mind." Urban details Scientology's decades-long war with the IRS, which ended with the church winning tax-exempt status as a religion; the rancorous cult wars of the 1970s and 1980s; as well as the latest challenges confronting Scientology, from attacks by the Internet group Anonymous to the church's efforts to suppress the online dissemination of its esoteric teachings. The Church of Scientology demonstrates how Scientology has reflected the broader anxieties and obsessions of postwar America, and raises profound questions about how religion is defined and who gets to define it.
Among The Scientologists
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Author : Donald A. Westbrook
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-11-01
Among The Scientologists written by Donald A. Westbrook and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-01 with Religion categories.
The Church of Scientology is one of the most recognizable American-born new religions, but perhaps the least understood. With academic and popular interest on the rise, many books have been written about Scientology and surely more will follow. Although academics have begun to pay more attention to Scientology, the subject has received remarkably little qualitative attention. Indeed, no work has systematically addressed such questions as: what do Scientologists themselves have to say about their religion's history, theology, and practices? How does Scientology act as a religion for them? What does "lived religion" look like for a Scientologist? This is not so much a book about the Church of Scientology, its leaders, or its controversies, as it is a compilation of narratives and histories based on the largely unheard or ignored perspectives of Scientologists themselves. Drawing on six years of interviews, fieldwork, and research conducted among members of the Church of Scientology, this groundbreaking work examines features of the new religion's history, theology, and praxis in ways that move discussion beyond apostate-driven and exposé accounts.
Handbook Of Scientology
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Author : James R. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2017-01-05
Handbook Of Scientology written by James R. Lewis and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-05 with Religion categories.
The Handbook of Scientology brings together a collection of fresh studies of the most persistently controversial of all contemporary New Religions.
Scientology In Popular Culture
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Author : Stephen A. Kent
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2017-07-14
Scientology In Popular Culture written by Stephen A. Kent and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-14 with Religion categories.
This multidisciplinary study of Scientology examines the organization and the controversies around it through the lens of popular culture, referencing movies, television, print, and the Internet—an unusual perspective that will engage a wide range of readers and researchers. For more than 60 years, Scientology has claimed alternative religious status with a significant number of followers, despite its portrayals in popular culture domains as being bizarre. What are the reasons for the vital connections between Scientology and popular culture that help to maintain or challenge it as an influential belief system? This book is the first academic treatment of Scientology that examines the movement in a popular-culture context from the perspective of several Western countries. It documents how the attention paid to Scientology by high-profile celebrities and its mention in movies, television, and print as well as on the Internet results in millions of people being aware of the organization—to the religious organization's benefit and detriment. The book leads with a background on Scientology and a discussion of science fiction concepts, pulps, and movies. The next section examines Scientology's ongoing relationship with the Hollywood elite, including the group's use of celebrities in its drug rehabilitation program, and explores movies and television shows that contain Scientology themes or comedic references. Readers will learn about how the Internet and the mainstream media of the United States as well as of Australia, Germany, and the UK have regarded Scientology. The final section investigates the music and art of Scientology.
What Is Scientology
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Author : Boyd Grant
language : en
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
Release Date : 2013-12-10
What Is Scientology written by Boyd Grant and has been published by Speedy Publishing LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-10 with Religion categories.
By now it's a safe bet that you have at least heard of Scientology. Nine times out of ten what you have heard is negative. Very rarely do you ever hear something positive about the Church of Scientology or Scientologists. This often leads to a greater misunderstanding of Scientology, Scientologists and what the mission of the Church of Scientology actually is. Scientology is arguably the most controversial of all the religions. When you mention Scientology to someone you are almost guaranteed to get some kind of reaction or opinion. The Church of Scientology has been maligned and demonized by many detractors. But Scientologists themselves are passionate about their beliefs and defend Scientology with that very same passion. When it finally comes down to understand what Scientology is there is little if any objective information out there. It's all written from the perspective of detractors, supporters or people who just uninformed about Scientology and Scientologists in general. A new book, What Is Scientology - History, Beliefs, Rules, Secrets and Facts, will help shed some light on one of the most controversial topics of all time, Scientology. Look no further for one of the few objective accounts that will finally shed some light on the Church of Scientology. What Is Scientology? History, Beliefs, Rules, Secrets and Facts helps you better understand Scientology. It cuts out all the unhelpful chatter and helps you understand in simple terms exactly what Scientology is. This short book will help answer the most important questions you might have about Scientology. Some of the more important questions include everything from the Scientology belief system, the History of Scientology, and why people join the Church of Scientology and much more. You will also have a greater understanding of why people hate Scientology and why former members speak out about it. For those of you looking to learn more about Scientology this is the book you are looking for.
What Is Scientology
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Bridge Publications (CA)
Release Date : 1992
What Is Scientology written by and has been published by Bridge Publications (CA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The Comprehensive Reference on the World's Fastest Growing Religion.
Scientology
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Author : Linus Hauser
language : de
Publisher: Verlag Ferd.Schââ¢ningh GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2010-08-18
Scientology written by Linus Hauser and has been published by Verlag Ferd.Schââ¢ningh GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-18 with Scientology categories.
Die Ideologie, die Scientology zugrunde liegt - hier wird sie entlarvt! Jeder meint zu wissen, worum es bei Scientology geht. Doch es gibt kaum etwas Geheimnisvolleres als dieses weltumspannende Imperium. Handelt es sich um eine Kirche, eine Sekte oder doch um ein bedrohliches Netzwerk, dessen Intentionen nichts weniger als verbrecherisch sind? Das Spektrum im Urteil über Scientology ist groß: In manchen Ländern wie der Schweiz genießt sie den Status einer Kirche mit allen sich daraus ergebenden Vorteilen, während sie in anderen - etwa in Deutschland - sogar unter Beobachtung durch den Verfassungsschutz steht. Mittlerweile verfügt die Scientology-Organisation über ein weltumspannendes Netzwerk. Zahlreiche Stars und Sternchen, vor allem aus der Glitzerwelt Hollywoods, sind bekennende Anhänger und stehen in der Hierarchie der Organisation an exponierter, geradezu werbender Stelle. Filme über Scientology finden ein Millionenpublikum. Wer sich selbst ein Urteil bilden möchte, was die ideologische Basis von Scientology ausmacht, muss zur Geburt des Imperiums zurück und sich mit der Entwicklung des Gedankengebäudes ihres Gründers Ronald Hubbard beschäftigen, der die Organisation über Jahrzehnte diktatorisch regiert und geformt hat. Linus Hauser ist diesen Spuren detektivisch nachgegangen und legt die weltanschauliche Basis offen, auf der das Imperium fußt.
Inside Scientology
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Author : Janet Reitman
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2011-06-13
Inside Scientology written by Janet Reitman and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-13 with Religion categories.
Based on five years of research, access to confidential documents, and extensive interviews with current and former Scientologists, Janet Reitman sheds some long-awaited light on the ever-elusive religion of the Church of Scientology. Scientology, created in 1954 by pulp science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, claims to be the world’s fastest growing religion, with millions of members and huge financial holdings. Celebrity believers keep its profile high. Teams of volunteer ministers offer aid at disaster sites like Haiti and the World Trade Center. But Scientology is also a very closed faith, harassing journalists and others through litigation and intimidation, even infiltrating high levels of the government to further its goals. Its attacks on psychiatry and its requirement that believers pay as much as tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars for salvation have drawn scrutiny and skepticism. Ex-members use the internet to share stories of harassment and abuse. Reitman offers the first full journalistic history of the Church of Scientology in an even-handed account that establishes the truth about the controversial religion. She traces Scientology’s development from the birth of Dianetics to today, following its metamorphosis from a pseudoscientific self-help group to a global spiritual corporation with profound control over its followers and ex-followers. This is a defining book about a little-known world.
The Scientology Reformation
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Author : Mark Marty Rathbun
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
The Scientology Reformation written by Mark Marty Rathbun and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Scientology categories.
Why Scientology must be reformed. It answers the most frequently asked questions about Scientology today, including: 1.What is behind the madness and violence widely reported on Scientology Inc. supreme leader David Miscavige? 2. Why does Tom Cruise continue to support Miscavige despite international media reports of his increasingly sociopathic conduct? 3. What does Tom Cruise know and when did he know it? 4.Does Cruise follow his mentor Miscavige's penchant for bullying and violence? 5.The whole story of Miscavige's pimping and pandering for Cruise. 6.Where does all the money go? 7.Can Scientology survive all the exposure? 8.What is the future of Scientology?