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The church of scientology : a history of a new religion / Hugh B. Urban.

by Urban, Hugh B.

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Princeton University Press, c2011.

Hubbard, L. Ron (La Fayette Ron), 1911-1986.

Scientology -- History.

Dianetics -- History.

9780691158051 (pbk.)

0691158053 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Scientology : a history of a new religion

x, 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257] - 264) and index.

The world's most controversial new religion and why no one writes about it -- L. Ron Hubbard : American entrepreneur, spiritual bricoleur -- Scientology, Inc. : becoming a "religion" in the 1950s -- A Cold War religion : Scientology, secrecy, and security in the 1950s and 60s -- The "cult of all cults"? : Scientology and the cult wars of the 1970s and 80s -- "The war" and the triumph of Scientology : becoming a tax-exempt religion in the 1990s -- Secrets, security, and Cyberspace : Scientology's new wars of information on the Internet -- 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."

"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"--Provided by publisher.

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