Westbrook Donald (Faculty For The Comparative Study Of Religion And Humanism (Fvg) Antwerp) - Among The Scientologists History Theology And Praxis - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: 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 is not so much a book 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 expos accounts.
Title: Among The Scientologists History Theology And Praxis
Author(s): Westbrook Donald (Faculty For The Comparative Study Of Religion And Humanism (Fvg) Antwerp)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780190664978
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 12/3/2018
Series: Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism
Category: Contemporary Non-Christian & Para-Christian Cults & Sects