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Since its inception in 1954, the Church of Scientology has been involved in a number of controversies, including its stance on psychiatry, Scientology's legitimacy as a religion, the Church's aggressive attitude in dealing with its perceived enemies and critics, [1] [2] allegations of mistreatment of members, and predatory financial practices; [3] for example, the high cost of religious ...
Nov 5, 2014 · Urban says there are two big reasons for the dearth of academic interest in Scientology. First, it has been an unusually secretive movement from its inception, with the highest levels of information accessible only to those who have progressed through (and paid for) the proper training. And second, “it has been probably the most litigious ...
Nov 3, 2021 · A state appeals court considered whether a harassment lawsuit against the Church of Scientology may be decided in a court or in religious arbitration with church members calling the shots.
Dec 20, 2018 · The Church of Scientology is one of the most recognizable American-born new religious movements, but perhaps the least understood. Based on six years of interviews, fieldwork, and research conducted among Scientologists in the United States, this groundbreaking work examines features of the new religion’s history, theology, and praxis from 1950 to 2018.
Dec 26, 2019 · The academic study of Scientology traces to at least 1958, when L. Ron Hubbard granted an interview to new religions scholar and librarian J. Stillson Judah in Washington, DC. Since then, relations between the Church of Scientology and academics have at times been strained yet, on the whole, remain more productive and congenial relative to other outsiders such as journalists and former members.
- Donald A. Westbrook
- 26 December 2019
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- 14, Issue2
Dec 1, 2015 · Hubbard established Scientology as a religion in 1953 when he founded the Church of Scientology in Camden, New Jersey. It grew into one of the most controversial religious movements of the twentieth century. Adherents see it as guiding their path to self-empowerment; critics charge that it is a cult that ensnares the emotionally vulnerable.
May 28, 2021 · The Church of Scientology found itself in the hot seat inside an L.A. courtroom last week during the trial of actor Danny Masterson, who is accused of violent sexual assaults against three women ...
