The church of scientology : a history of a new religion

著者

Hugh B. Urban

Princeton University Press, c2011

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."