0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects

Buy Now

The Church of Scientology - A History of a New Religion (Paperback) Loot Price: R706
Discovery Miles 7 060
The Church of Scientology - A History of a New Religion (Paperback): Hugh B Urban

The Church of Scientology - A History of a New Religion (Paperback)

Hugh B Urban

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R706 Discovery Miles 7 060 | Repayment Terms: R66 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

Scientology is one of the wealthiest and most powerful new religions to emerge in the past century. To its detractors, L. Ron Hubbard's space-age mysticism is a moneymaking scam and sinister brainwashing cult. But to its adherents, it is humanity's brightest hope. Few religious movements have been subject to public scrutiny like Scientology, yet much of what is written about the church is sensationalist and inaccurate. Here for the first time is the story of Scientology's protracted and turbulent journey to recognition as a religion in the postwar American landscape.

Hugh Urban tells the real story of Scientology from its cold war-era beginnings in the 1950s to its prominence today as the religion of Hollywood's celebrity elite. Urban paints a vivid portrait of Hubbard, the enigmatic founder who once commanded his own private fleet and an intelligence apparatus rivaling that of the U.S. government. One FBI agent described him as "a mental case," but to his followers he is the man who "solved the riddle of the human mind." Urban details Scientology's decades-long war with the IRS, which ended with the church winning tax-exempt status as a religion; the rancorous cult wars of the 1970s and 1980s; as well as the latest challenges confronting Scientology, from attacks by the Internet group Anonymous to the church's efforts to suppress the online dissemination of its esoteric teachings.

"The Church of Scientology" demonstrates how Scientology has reflected the broader anxieties and obsessions of postwar America, and raises profound questions about how religion is defined and who gets to define it.

General

Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 2013
First published: February 2013
Authors: Hugh B Urban
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-15805-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion
Promotions
LSN: 0-691-15805-3
Barcode: 9780691158051

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

John of God - The Globalization of…
Cristina Rocha Hardcover R3,572 Discovery Miles 35 720
Spiritual Reality - Transforming the…
Lydia Anne Mitchell Paperback R306 R289 Discovery Miles 2 890
Violence and New Religious Movements
James R Lewis Hardcover R1,929 Discovery Miles 19 290
Arcana of Spiritualism - a Manual of…
Hudson Tuttle Paperback R639 Discovery Miles 6 390
Man's Unconscious Passion
Lay Paperback R499 Discovery Miles 4 990
Evenings at Home in Spiritual Seance
Georgiana Houghton Paperback R570 Discovery Miles 5 700
The Spirit-Rapper - an Autobiography
Orestes Augustus. Brownson Paperback R607 Discovery Miles 6 070
The Scientific Basis of Spiritualism
Epes Sargent Paperback R572 Discovery Miles 5 720
There Is No Death
Florence Marryat Paperback R501 Discovery Miles 5 010
Elements of Psychology
Henry N. Day Paperback R499 Discovery Miles 4 990
Spiritualism in America
Benjamin Coleman Paperback R376 Discovery Miles 3 760
Arcana of Spiritualism - a Manual of…
Hudson Tuttle Paperback R639 Discovery Miles 6 390

See more

Partners