The Church of Scientology : : A History of a New Religion / / Hugh B. Urban.
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 h...
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The World's Most Controversial New Religion and Why No One Writes About It -- One. American Entrepreneur, Spiritual Bricoleur -- Two. Scientology, Inc.: Becoming a "Religion" in the 1950s -- Three. A Cold War Religion: Scientology, Secrecy, and Security in the 1950s and 60s -- Four. The "Cult of All Cults"? Scientology and the Cult Wars of the 1970s and 80s -- Five. "The War" and the Triumph of Scientology: Becoming a Tax-Exempt Religion in the 1990s -- Six. Secrets, Security, and Cyberspace: Scientology's New Wars of Information on the Internet -- Conclusion. New Religions, Freedom, and Privacy in the Post-9/11 World -- Appendix. A Timeline of Major Events in Scientology's Complex Journey to Becoming a "Religion" -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
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