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1 online resource (x, 268 pages) : illustrations |
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computer c |
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online resource cr |
Contents |
The world's most controversial new religion and why no one writes about it -- L. Ron Hubbard : American entrepreneur, spiritual bricoleur -- Scientology, Inc. : becoming a "religion" in the 1950s -- A Cold War religion : Scientology, secrecy, and security in the 1950s and 60s -- The "cult of all cults"? : Scientology and the cult wars of the 1970s and 80s -- "The war" and the triumph of Scientology : becoming a tax-exempt religion in the 1990s -- Secrets, security, and Cyberspace : Scientology's new wars of information on the Internet -- New religions, freedom, and privacy in the post-9/11 world -- Appendix. A timeline of major events in Scientology's complex journey to becoming a "religion." |
Note |
English. |
ISBN |
9781400839438 (electronic bk.) |
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1400839432 (electronic bk.) |
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9780691146089 |
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069114608X |
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9780691158051 (pbk.) |
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0691158053 (pbk.) |
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1283168995 |
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9781283168991 |
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9786613168993 |
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6613168998 |
Standard no. |
40019764213 |
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