The Church of Scientology, (Paperback)

from Vantine

This is a scholarly examination of how Dianetics, a self-help fad, became a religion. Although the author has received much attention from the mainstream press, readers of Janet Reitman's Inside Scientology might be disappointed. Urban does not delve into the controversies or scandals surrounding...

from xuebi

A fascinating and scholarly approach to the Church of Scientology and its decades-long struggle to be classed as a tax-exempt religion in America. Urban limits his study to this alone, because as he says, the history of Scientology is far too complex and multi-faceted to be covered in one monogra...

from kaulsu

What is religion? Can religion be copywrited? Does religion have a moral and ethical responsibility to br moral and ethical? Does wearing a collar and a cross constitute a church? In a nearly 300-page book on church, can one expect t least one mention of Christ? Urban asks most of these questions...

from setnahkt

Somewhat misleading. The Church of Scientology, by Professor of Religious Studies Hugh Urban, promises to report on what it means to be a religion. To some extent, it does that – but the amount of text devoted to the philosophy of religion is small compared to the discussion of the history of Sci...