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4) Scientology
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
xiv, 446 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with current and former scientologists, both famous and less well known, and years of archival research, Lawrence Wright uncovers the inner workings of the Church of Scientology, from its founding by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard to its current leader, David Miscavige.
Author
Language
English
Description
Reitman offers the first full, journalistic history of the Church of Scientology, in an even-handed account that at last establishes the astonishing truth about the controversial religion. She traces Scientology's development from the birth of Dianetics through to the present day.
Author
Publisher
Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (some color), map, portraits.
Language
English
Description
This book covers one of the world's newest religions. Scientology, founded in the 1950s by L. Ron Hubbard, has become a controversial faith. Followers believe its philosophies can change the world for the better. Critics point to the religion's legal troubles and alleged misdeeds. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Author
Publisher
St. Martins Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
244 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The only book to examine the origins of Scientology's current leader, RUTHLESS tells the revealing story of David Miscavige's childhood and his path to the head seat of the Church of Scientology told through the eyes of his father. Ron Miscavige's personal, heartfelt story is a riveting insider's look at life within the world of Scientology.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Mike Rinder's parents began taking him to their local Scientology center when he was five years old. After high school, he signed a billion-year contract and was admitted into Scientology's elite inner circle, the Sea Organization. Brought to founder L. Ron Hubbard's yacht and promised training in Hubbard's most advanced techniques, Mike was instead put to work swabbing the decks. Still, Rinder bought into the doctrine that his personal comfort was...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 392 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Hall chronicles her slow yet willing absorption into the Church of Scientology. Her time in the Church, the 1980s, includes the secretive illness and death of its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, and the ascension of David Miscavige. A young woman from a literary family, she was drawn toward the certainty that Scientology appears to offer after her brother's tragic fall from a bridge. But as Hall began to grasp how purposefully Hubbard has created the unique...
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"... [A] look inside the controversial religion from Academy Award-winner Alex Gibney. The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, exploring the psychological impact of blind faith, how the church attracts new followers and keeps hold of its A-list celebrity devotees."--Container.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xviii, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Bornstein shares her story: from a nice Jewish boy growing up in New Jersey to a strappingly handsome lieutenant of the Church of Scientology's Sea Organization flagship vessel, and later to 1990s Seattle, where she becomes a rising star in the lesbian community. In between there are wives and lovers, heartbreak and triumph, bridges mended and broken, and a journey of self-discovery that will mesmerize readers."--Jacket.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the Church's use of filming techniques, and aided by ex-members of the organization Theroux uses actors to replay some incidents people claim they experienced as members in an attempt to better understand the way it operates. In a bizarre twist, it becomes clear that the Church is also making a film about Louis Theroux.
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