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    Among the Scientologists: History, Theology, and Praxis
    Among the Scientologists: History, Theology, and Praxis
    Among the Scientologists: History, Theology, and Praxis
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    Among the Scientologists: History, Theology, and Praxis

    Written by Donald A. Westbrook

    Narrated by Paul Boehmer

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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 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 expose accounts.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateFeb 19, 2019
    ISBN9781977342300
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      This book is written by a scholar who tries to let scientology speak for itself. It gives a way more positive picture of scientology than anything I have ever heard about scientology before. A part of me has the feeling that the author wishes access to the church for future research, and thus gives as positive an image as possible. I got a quite good understanding of the theology and the organization from this book. And I learnt some unexpected things, like the close connection to Nation of Islam.

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