01900nam0 2200445 i 450 VAN013380920230619025427.538N978331915780120210419d2015 |0itac50 baengCH|||| |||||Return to the Far Side of Planet Moore!Rambling Through Observations, Friendships and Antics of Sir Patrick MooreMartin MobberleyChamSpringer2015xiv, 419 p.ill.24 cmVAN0134463Return to the Far Side of Planet Moore!177232801-XXHistory and biography [MSC 2020]VANC021469MF85-XXAstronomy and Astrophysics [MSC 2020]VANC023246MFAstronomy PopularizationKW:KAstronomy on TVKW:KBBC Sky at NightKW:KBiography of Sir Patrick MooreKW:KBritish Astronomical AssociationKW:KCedric AllinghamKW:KDr. Who MooreKW:KHenry HatfieldIconic TV PersonalityKW:KPercy WilkinsKW:KSociety for Popular AstronomyKW:KThe Eleventh HourKW:KCHChamVANL001889MobberleyMartinVANV079391721498Springer <editore>VANV108073650ITSOL20240614RICAhttp://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15780-1E-book – Accesso al full-text attraverso riconoscimento IP di Ateneo, proxy e/o ShibbolethBIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA E FISICAIT-CE0120VAN08NVAN0133809BIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA E FISICA08CONS e-book 2442 08eMF2442 20210419 Return to the Far Side of Planet Moore1772328UNICAMPANIA04230nam 2200661Ia 450 991095854170332120251001234617.00-19-988711-X97866119870221-281-98702-60-19-971595-5(CKB)2560000000300444(EBL)415748(OCoLC)437094736(SSID)ssj0000242416(PQKBManifestationID)11223062(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000242416(PQKBWorkID)10301453(PQKB)10127021(StDuBDS)EDZ0000024396(MiAaPQ)EBC415748(Au-PeEL)EBL415748(CaPaEBR)ebr10288301(CaONFJC)MIL198702(OCoLC)232786014(FINmELB)ELB166036(EXLCZ)99256000000030044420080617d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrScientology /edited by James R. LewisOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20091 online resource (461 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-533149-4 0-19-985232-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Part I. Introductory Essays; 1. Birth of a Religion; 2. The Cultural Context of Scientology; 3. Researching Scientology: Perceptions, Premises, Promises, and Problematics; Part II. Theoretical and Quantitative Approaches; 4. Making Sense of Scientology: Prophetic, Contractual Religion; 5. Scientology and Self-Narrativity: Theology and Soteriology as Resource and Strategy; 6. The Growth of Scientology and the Stark Model of Religious "Success,"; Part III. Community and Practices; 7. Community in Scientology and among Scientologists8. How Should We Regard the Religious Ceremonies of the Church of Scientology?9. The Development and Reality of Auditing; Part IV. Sources and Comparative Approaches; 10. Scientology as Technological Buddhism; 11. Scientology, a "New Age" Religion?; 12. Scientology: "Modern Religion" or "Religion of Modernity"?; Part V. Controversy; 13. The Nature of the New Religious Movements-Anticult "Culture War" in Microcosm: The Church of Scientology versus the Cult Awareness Network; 14. Scientology in Court: A Look at Some Major Cases from Various Nations15. The Church of Scientology in France: Legal and Activist Counterattacks in the "War on Sectes,""Part VI. International Missions; 16. Scientology Missions International (SMI): An Immutable Model of Technological Missionary Activity; 17. The Church of Scientology in Sweden; 18. Scientology Down Under; Part VII. Dimensions of Scientology; 19. "His name was Xenu. He used renegades . . .": Aspects of Scientology's Founding Myth; 20. Celebrity, the Popular Media, and Scientology: Making Familiar the Unfamiliar; 21. Sources for the Study of Scientology: Presentations and ReflectionsPart VIII. Appendix22. Pastoral Care and September 11: Scientology's Nontraditional Religious Contribution; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; ZScientology is arguably the most persistently controversial of all contemporary New Religious Movements. The Church of Scientology has been involved in battles over tax issues, a ten-year conflict with the Food and Drug Administration, extended turmoil with a number of European governments, and has even been subjected to FBI raids in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. Negative publicity, however, has not prevented the Church from experiencing remarkably steady growth. Official national census figures indicate that the number of Scientologists grew significantly in Canada, New Zealand, and AusScientologyCultsScientology.Cults.299.936Lewis James R897626MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958541703321Scientology4439672UNINA