02116nam 2200457 450 991081901090332120181206103038.00-19-066499-10-19-092145-50-19-066498-3(CKB)5120000000097945(MiAaPQ)EBC5558524(StDuBDS)EDZ0001968376(PPN)233460055(EXLCZ)99512000000009794520181115d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmong the scientologists history, theology, and praxis /Donald A. WestbrookNew York, NY :Oxford University Press,2018.1 online resource (353 pages)Oxford studies in Western esotericism0-19-066497-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- Reflections on the future of Scientology and its academic study.What do Scientologists themselves have to say about Scientology? Based 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.Oxford studies in Western esotericism.ScientologyScientology.299.936Westbrook Donald A.1632606MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819010903321Among the scientologists3971879UNINA