TY - BOOK AU - Lewis,James R. AU - Hellesøy,Kjersti TI - Handbook of Scientology T2 - Brill handbooks on contemporary religion, SN - 9789004330542 AV - BP605.S2 H35 2017 U1 - 299/.936 23 PY - 2017///] CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Scientology KW - Scientologie KW - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT KW - Spirituality KW - Paganism & Neo-Paganism KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - Comparative Religion KW - fast KW - gnd N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Handbook of Scientology; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chronology of Major Events in the History and Development of Dianetics and Scientology; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; PART 1: Introductory Essays; 1 Researching Scientology and Scientologists in the United States: Methods and Conclusions; 2 Rethinking Scientology: An Analysis of L. Ron Hubbard's Formulation of Therapy and Religion in Dianetics and Scientology, 1950-1986; 3 Images of Religions and Religious History in the Works of L. Ron Hubbard; 4 Not an Extraordinary Group: Scientologists in Hungary and Germany-Comparative Survey Data5 The Relative Success of the Church of Scientology: A Discussion; PART 2: Scientology and Marketplace Religion; 6 Scientology as 'Corporate Religion'; 7 The Price of Freedom: Scientology and Neoliberalism; PART 3: Controversy; 8 Deconstructing the Scientology 'Monster' of Popular Imagination; 9 The Anderson Inquiry and its Australian Aftermath 1963-1973; 10 'Secrets, secrets, SECRETS!' Concealment, Surveillance, and Information-Control in the Church of Scientology; 11 Hermeneutics of Suspicion: Scientology and ConspiracismPART 4: Media Treatments; 12 News Media, the Internet and the Church of Scientology; 13 "LRH4ALL!": The Negotiation of Information in the Church of Scientology and the Open Source Scientology Movement; 14 Scientology in Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master (2012); 15 The Going Clear Documentary: A Matter of Framing; PART 5: Sex and Gender; 16 The Cult of Geeks: Religion, Gender and Scientology; 17 Sexuality in Three Ex-Scientology Narratives; PART 6: Disaffiliation and Schisms; 18 Affiliation, Disaffiliation and Its Significance for the Individual's Post-Movement Faith: A Sociological Study of Disaffiliated Scientologists with Emphasis on Their Post-Apostatic Religious Behavior and Attitudes19 Scientology Schismatics; 20 The Dror Center Schism, The Cook Letter and Scientology's Legitimation Crisis; 21 "Squirrels" and Unauthorized Uses of Scientology: Werner Erhard and est, Ken Dyers and Kenja, and Harvey Jackins and Re-Evaluation Counselling; PART 7: lrh and His Legacy; 22 Space, Place and Religious Hardware: L. Ron Hubbard's Charismatic Authority in the Church of Scientology23 Astounding History: L. Ron Hubbard's Scientology Space Opera; 24 The Citizens Commission on Human Rights and Scientology's War against Psychiatry; Index UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1456055 ER -