Among the Scientologists : history, theology, and praxis / Donald A. Westbrook.
Among the Scientologists : history, theology, and praxis / Donald A. Westbrook.
Among the Scientologists : history, theology, and praxis / Donald A. Westbrook.
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
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G 2020/1955
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English
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xi, 332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
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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" :...
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
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New York (State)
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[2019]
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"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...
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Among the Scientologists : history, theology, and praxis / Donald A. Westbrook.
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Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-317) and index.
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G 2020/1955
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74VKaDEPDrqA
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9780190664978
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299.936
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991024298719402626
