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

By: Publication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2011.Description: x, 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780691146089 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 069114608X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 299/.93609 23
LOC classification:
  • BP605.S2 U73 2011
Contents:
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."
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks BP605 .S2 U73 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001221158

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."

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