The Church of Scientology : : A History of a New Religion / / Hugh B. Urban.

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• VerfasserIn: Urban, Hugh B.,
• MitwirkendeR: Hubbard, L. Ron,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 14 halftones.

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...

Table of Contents

• 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