Going clear : Scientology, Hollywood, and the prison of belief /
Wright, Lawrence, 1947-
Going clear : Scientology, Hollywood, and the prison of belief / Scientology, Hollywood, and the prison of belief Lawrence Wright. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. - xiii, 430 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-418) and index.
pt. 1. Scientology -- The convert -- Source -- Going overboard -- pt. 2. Hollywood -- The faith factory -- Dropping the body -- In service to the stars -- The future is ours -- Bohemian rhapsody -- TC and COB -- pt. 3. The prison of belief -- The investigation -- Tommy.
"Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with both current and former Scientologists--both famous and less well known--and years of archival research, Lawrence Wright uses his extraordinary investigative skills to uncover for us the inner workings of the Church of Scientology: its origins in the imagination of science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard; its struggles to find acceptance as a legitimate (and legally acknowledged) religion; its vast, secret campaign to infiltrate the U.S. government; its vindictive treatment of critics; its phenomenal wealth; and its dramatic efforts to grow and prevail after the death of Hubbard."--From publisher description.
9780307700667 0307700666
2012532009
Hubbard, L. Ron 1911-1986.
Scientology.
Scientology--Doctrines.
Scientology.
BP605.S2 / W75 2013
299/.936
Going clear : Scientology, Hollywood, and the prison of belief / Scientology, Hollywood, and the prison of belief Lawrence Wright. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. - xiii, 430 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-418) and index.
pt. 1. Scientology -- The convert -- Source -- Going overboard -- pt. 2. Hollywood -- The faith factory -- Dropping the body -- In service to the stars -- The future is ours -- Bohemian rhapsody -- TC and COB -- pt. 3. The prison of belief -- The investigation -- Tommy.
"Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with both current and former Scientologists--both famous and less well known--and years of archival research, Lawrence Wright uses his extraordinary investigative skills to uncover for us the inner workings of the Church of Scientology: its origins in the imagination of science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard; its struggles to find acceptance as a legitimate (and legally acknowledged) religion; its vast, secret campaign to infiltrate the U.S. government; its vindictive treatment of critics; its phenomenal wealth; and its dramatic efforts to grow and prevail after the death of Hubbard."--From publisher description.
9780307700667 0307700666
2012532009
Hubbard, L. Ron 1911-1986.
Scientology.
Scientology--Doctrines.
Scientology.
BP605.S2 / W75 2013
299/.936