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Among the Scientologists : history, theology, and praxis

Title
Among the Scientologists : history, theology, and praxis / Donald A. Westbrook.
Author
Westbrook, Donald A., 1985-
Publication
  • New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
  • © 2019

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Description
xi, 332 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Summary
"The Church of Scientology is one of the most recognizable American-born new religions, but perhaps the least understood. With academic and popular interest on the rise, many books have been written about Scientology and surely more will follow. Although academics have begun to pay more attention to Scientology, the subject has received remarkably little qualitative attention. Indeed, no work has systematically addressed such questions as: what do Scientologists themselves have to say about their religion's history, theology, and practices? How does Scientology act as a religion for them? What does "lived religion" look like for a Scientologist? This volume is not so much about the Church of Scientology, its leaders, or its controversies, as it is a compilation of narratives and histories based on the largely unheard or ignored perspectives of Scientologists themselves. Drawing on six years of interviews, fieldwork, and research conducted among members of the Church of Scientology, this groundbreaking work examines features of the new religion's history, theology, and praxis in ways that move discussion beyond apostate-driven and exposé accounts"--
Series Statement
Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism
Uniform Title
Oxford studies in Western esotericism.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Interviews.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-317) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Methods and means of researching Scientology and Scientologists -- Preliminary conclusions from interviews and fieldwork -- Before the religion : episodes from the advent of Dianetics and Scientology -- "Keeping Scientology working" : features of systematic theology -- "We come back" : past and present of the Sea Organization -- "Build a better bridge!" : from LRH to COB and beyond -- Conclusion: Reflections on the future of Scientology and its academic study.
Call Number
JFE 19-4194
ISBN
  • 9780190664978
  • 0190664975
  • 9780190664985 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9780190664992 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9780190921453 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2018021627
OCLC
1039621528
Author
Westbrook, Donald A., 1985- author.
Title
Among the Scientologists : history, theology, and praxis / Donald A. Westbrook.
Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Copyright Date
© 2019
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism
Oxford studies in Western esotericism.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-317) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 19-4194
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