The church of scientology : a history of a new religion

Author(s)

• Urban, Hugh B.

Bibliographic Information

The church of scientology : a history of a new religion

Hugh B. Urban

Princeton University Press, c2011

Note

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

Contents of Works

• 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."

• NCID: BB27396570
• ISBN:
  • 9780691146089
  • 069114608X
• LCCN: 2011018694
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Princeton
• Pages/Volumes: x, 268 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BP605.S2
  • DC23 : 299/.93609
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Scientology -- History