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020 _a9780195331493
020 _a0195331494
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245 0 0 _aScientology /
_cedited by James R. Lewis.
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_cc2009.
300 _axiv, 446 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _tBirth of a religion /
_rJ. Gordon Melton --
_gThe
_tcultural context of Scientology /
_rWilliam Sims Bainbridge --
_tResearching Scientology : perceptions, premises, promises, and problematics /
_rDouglas E. Cowan --
_tMaking sense of Scientology : prophetic, contractual religion /
_rDavid G. Bromley --
_tScientology and self-narrativity : theology and soteriology as resource and strategy /
_rDorthe Refslund Christensen --
_gThe
_tgrowth of Scientology and the Stark model of religious "success" /
_rJames R. Lewis --
_tCommunity in Scientology and among Scientologists /
_rPeter B. Andersen and Rie Wellendorf --
_tHow should we regard the religious ceremonies of the Church of Scientology? /
_rReÌgis Dericquebourg --
_gThe
_tdevelopment and reality of auditing /
_rGail M. Harley and John Kieffer --
_tScientology as technological Buddhism /
_rFrank K. Flinn --
_tScientology, a "new age" religion? /
_rAndreas GruÌnschloss --
_tScientology : "modern religion" or "religion of modernity"? /
_rGerald Willms --
_gThe
_tnature of the new religious movements-anticult "culture war" in microcosm : the Church of Scientology versus the cult awareness network /
_rAnson Shupe --
_tScientology in court : a look at some major cases from various nations /
_rJames T. Richardson --
_gThe
_tchurch of Scientology in France : legal and activist counterattacks in the "War on Sectes" /
_rSusan J. Palmer --
_tScientology missions international (SMI) : an immutable model of technological missionary activity /
_rBernadette Rigal-Cellard --
_gThe
_tChurch of Scientology in Sweden /
_rHenrik Bogdan --
_tScientology down under /
_rAdam Possamai and Alphia Possamai-Inesedy --
_t"His name was Xenu. He used renegades ..." : aspects of Scientology's founding myth /
_rMikael Rothstein --
_tCelebrity, the popular media, and Scientology : making familiar the unfamiliar /
_rCarole M. Cusack --
_tSources for the study of Scientology : presentations and reflections /
_rDorthe Refslund Christensen --
_tPastoral care and September 11 : Scientology's nontraditional religious contribution /
_rCarole M. Cusack and Justine Digance.
650 0 _aScientology.
700 1 _aLewis, James R.
856 4 1 _zTable of contents only
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