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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James R Lewis |
| ISBN: | 9780195331493 0195331494 |
| OCLC Number: | 232786014 |
| Description: | xiv, 446 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Birth of a religion / J. Gordon Melton -- The cultural context of Scientology / William Sims Bainbridge -- Researching Scientology : perceptions, premises, promises, and problematics / Douglas E. Cowan -- Making sense of Scientology : prophetic, contractual religion / David G. Bromley -- Scientology and self-narrativity : theology and soteriology as resource and strategy / Dorthe Refslund Christensen -- The growth of Scientology and the Stark model of religious "success" / James R. Lewis -- Community in Scientology and among Scientologists / Peter B. Andersen and Rie Wellendorf -- How should we regard the religious ceremonies of the Church of Scientology? / Régis Dericquebourg -- The development and reality of auditing / Gail M. Harley and John Kieffer -- Scientology as technological Buddhism / Frank K. Flinn -- Scientology, a "new age" religion? / Andreas Grünschloss -- Scientology : "modern religion" or "religion of modernity"? / Gerald Willms -- The nature of the new religious movements--anticult "culture war" in microcosm : the Church of Scientology versus the Cult Awareness Network / Anson Shupe -- Scientology in court : a look at some major cases from various nations / James T. Richardson -- The Church of Scientology in France : legal and activist counterattacks in the "War on Sectes" / Susan J. Palmer -- Scientology Missions International (SMI) : an immutable model of technological missionary activity / Bernadette Rigal-Cellard -- The Church of Scientology in Sweden / Henrik Bogdan -- Scientology down under / Adam Possamai and Alphia Possamai-Inesedy -- "His name was Xenu. He used renegades--" : aspects of Scientology's founding myth / Mikael Rothstein -- Celebrity, the popular media, and Scientology : making familiar the unfamiliar / Carole M. Cusack -- Sources for the study of Scientology : presentations and reflections / Dorthe Refslund Christensen -- Pastoral care and September 11 : Scientology's nontraditional religious contribution / Carole M. Cusack and Justine Digance. |
| Responsibility: | edited by James R. Lewis. |
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<br>"The Church of Scientology has often been viewed from the narrow perspective of legitimacy: Is it a true religion or merely a (destructive) cult? Here is a book, consisting of 22 articles by 27 authors, that views Scientology from the broader perspectives of culture, religion, and philosophy. The outcome is a sober and balanced presentation of this most controversial contemporary religion in the Western world that no doubt will be appreciated by fair-minded and inquisitive readers. A truly outstanding collection of essays for all students of religion, beginning or advanced."--James A. Santucci, Professor and Chair of Comparative Religion, California State University, Fullerton<br>"For any reader interested in Scientology, this is an indispensable book. Accessibly written, thoroughly researched and broad in its coverage, it will be the standard reference on this highly visible and controversial new religious movement for years to come."--Olav Hammer, Professor, Institute of Philosop Read more...
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