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review. Oddly enough, because of its numerous
shortfalls and biases, Scientology may be useful
to anyone who is studying the pro-cult/counter-
cult debate and who wants to see numerous
examples of biased scholarship by apparently
polarized researchers. As a reference for inquiry
into Scientology, however, this book fails on
many fronts.
References
Balch, Robert, &Langdon, Stephen. (1998). How the problem of
malfeasance gets overlooked in studies of new religions: An
examination of the AWARE study of the Church Universal and
Triumphant. In Anson Shupe (Ed.), Wolves within the fold (pp.
191–211). New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
Canada Revenue Agency. (2010). What is charitable? Retrieved on
January 26, 2010, from http://www.cra-
arc.gc.ca/tx/chrts/dnrs/lstngs/menu-eng.html
Dawson, Lorne. (2001). Raising Lazarus: A methodological
critique of Stephen Kent’s revival of the brainwashing model. In
Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins (Eds.), Misunderstanding
cults: Searching for objectivity in a controversial field (pp. 379–
400). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Goodman, Leisa. (2001). A letter from the Church of Scientology.
Marburg Journal of Religion, 6(2), 4 Available online at
http://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/mjr/goodman.html
Hubbard, L. Ron. (1983, September 10 rpt. 1991). PTSness and
disconnection. Hubbard communication bulletin. In The
organization executive course: HCO division, Vol. 1 (pp. 1041–
1044). Los Angeles: Bridge Publications New Era Publications
ApS.
Kent, Stephen A. (1996). Scientology’s relationship with eastern
religious traditions. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 11(1), 21–
36.
------.(1999). Scientology—is this a religion? Marburg Journal of
Religion, 4(1), 1–11. Retrieved on February 7, 2010, from
http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb03/ivk/mjr?language_sync=1
------.(2001a). Brainwashing programs in The Family/Children of
God and Scientology. In Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins
(Eds.), Misunderstanding cults: Searching for objectivity in a
controversial field (pp. 349–378). Toronto: University of Toronto
Press.
------.(2001b). Compelling evidence: A rejoinder to Lorne
Dawson’s chapter. In Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins
(Eds.), Misunderstanding cults: Searching for objectivity in a
controversial field (pp. 401–411). Toronto: University of Toronto
Press.
------.(2002). Hollywood’s celebrity-lobbyists and the Clinton
Administration’s American foreign policy toward German
Scientology. Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, 1 (spring).
Retrieved January 27, 2010, from
http://www.usask.ca/relst/jrpc/articles.html
------.(2003). Scientology and the European human rights debate:
A reply to Leisa Goodman, J. Gordon Melton, and the European
rehabilitation project force study. Marburg Journal of Religion,
8(1). Retrieved on January 27, 2010, from http://archiv.ub.uni-
marburg.de/mjr/kent3.html
Kent, Stephen A., &Krebs, Theresa. (1998). When scholars know
sin: Alternative religions and their academic supporters. Skeptic,
6(3), 36–44. Available online at
http://www.skeptictank.org/wsns.htm
Kumar, J. P. (1997). ’Fair game’: Leveling the playing field in
Scientology litigation.” Review of Litigation, 16, No. 3: 747–772.
Lattin, Don. (2007). Jesus freaks: A true story of murder and
madness on the Evangelical edge. San Francisco: HarperOne.
Morton, Andrew. (2008). Tom Cruise. New York: St. Martins
Press.
Peters, Paul. (2008, May 5). Scientology and the Blackfeet.
Missoula News, Montana.
Raine, Susan. (2009). Surveillance in a new religious movement:
Scientology as a case study. Religious Studies and Theology, 28,
63–94.
Reader, Ian. (2000). Scholarship, Aum Shinrikyô, and academic
integrity. Nova Religio, 3(2), 368–382.
Straus, Roger. (1986). Scientology ‘ethics’: Deviance, identity, and
social control in a cult-like social world. Symbolic Interaction,
9(1), 67–82.
Suppell, Joel, &Weikos, Robert W. (1990, June 4). Part 1: The
making of L. Ron Hubbard: Staking a claim to blood brotherhood.
Los Angeles Times, p. A38.
Taylor, Greg. (2003–2004). Scientology in the German courts.
Journal of Law and Religion, 19, 153–198.
Urban, Hugh B. (2006). Fair game: Secrecy, security, and the
Church of Scientology in cold war America. Journal of the
American Academy of Religion, 74(2), 356–389.
Wikipedia. 2009. Wikipedia the free encyclopedia: Main page.
Retrieved on January 21, 2010, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
review. Oddly enough, because of its numerous
shortfalls and biases, Scientology may be useful
to anyone who is studying the pro-cult/counter-
cult debate and who wants to see numerous
examples of biased scholarship by apparently
polarized researchers. As a reference for inquiry
into Scientology, however, this book fails on
many fronts.
References
Balch, Robert, &Langdon, Stephen. (1998). How the problem of
malfeasance gets overlooked in studies of new religions: An
examination of the AWARE study of the Church Universal and
Triumphant. In Anson Shupe (Ed.), Wolves within the fold (pp.
191–211). New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
Canada Revenue Agency. (2010). What is charitable? Retrieved on
January 26, 2010, from http://www.cra-
arc.gc.ca/tx/chrts/dnrs/lstngs/menu-eng.html
Dawson, Lorne. (2001). Raising Lazarus: A methodological
critique of Stephen Kent’s revival of the brainwashing model. In
Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins (Eds.), Misunderstanding
cults: Searching for objectivity in a controversial field (pp. 379–
400). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Goodman, Leisa. (2001). A letter from the Church of Scientology.
Marburg Journal of Religion, 6(2), 4 Available online at
http://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/mjr/goodman.html
Hubbard, L. Ron. (1983, September 10 rpt. 1991). PTSness and
disconnection. Hubbard communication bulletin. In The
organization executive course: HCO division, Vol. 1 (pp. 1041–
1044). Los Angeles: Bridge Publications New Era Publications
ApS.
Kent, Stephen A. (1996). Scientology’s relationship with eastern
religious traditions. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 11(1), 21–
36.
------.(1999). Scientology—is this a religion? Marburg Journal of
Religion, 4(1), 1–11. Retrieved on February 7, 2010, from
http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb03/ivk/mjr?language_sync=1
------.(2001a). Brainwashing programs in The Family/Children of
God and Scientology. In Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins
(Eds.), Misunderstanding cults: Searching for objectivity in a
controversial field (pp. 349–378). Toronto: University of Toronto
Press.
------.(2001b). Compelling evidence: A rejoinder to Lorne
Dawson’s chapter. In Benjamin Zablocki and Thomas Robbins
(Eds.), Misunderstanding cults: Searching for objectivity in a
controversial field (pp. 401–411). Toronto: University of Toronto
Press.
------.(2002). Hollywood’s celebrity-lobbyists and the Clinton
Administration’s American foreign policy toward German
Scientology. Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, 1 (spring).
Retrieved January 27, 2010, from
http://www.usask.ca/relst/jrpc/articles.html
------.(2003). Scientology and the European human rights debate:
A reply to Leisa Goodman, J. Gordon Melton, and the European
rehabilitation project force study. Marburg Journal of Religion,
8(1). Retrieved on January 27, 2010, from http://archiv.ub.uni-
marburg.de/mjr/kent3.html
Kent, Stephen A., &Krebs, Theresa. (1998). When scholars know
sin: Alternative religions and their academic supporters. Skeptic,
6(3), 36–44. Available online at
http://www.skeptictank.org/wsns.htm
Kumar, J. P. (1997). ’Fair game’: Leveling the playing field in
Scientology litigation.” Review of Litigation, 16, No. 3: 747–772.
Lattin, Don. (2007). Jesus freaks: A true story of murder and
madness on the Evangelical edge. San Francisco: HarperOne.
Morton, Andrew. (2008). Tom Cruise. New York: St. Martins
Press.
Peters, Paul. (2008, May 5). Scientology and the Blackfeet.
Missoula News, Montana.
Raine, Susan. (2009). Surveillance in a new religious movement:
Scientology as a case study. Religious Studies and Theology, 28,
63–94.
Reader, Ian. (2000). Scholarship, Aum Shinrikyô, and academic
integrity. Nova Religio, 3(2), 368–382.
Straus, Roger. (1986). Scientology ‘ethics’: Deviance, identity, and
social control in a cult-like social world. Symbolic Interaction,
9(1), 67–82.
Suppell, Joel, &Weikos, Robert W. (1990, June 4). Part 1: The
making of L. Ron Hubbard: Staking a claim to blood brotherhood.
Los Angeles Times, p. A38.
Taylor, Greg. (2003–2004). Scientology in the German courts.
Journal of Law and Religion, 19, 153–198.
Urban, Hugh B. (2006). Fair game: Secrecy, security, and the
Church of Scientology in cold war America. Journal of the
American Academy of Religion, 74(2), 356–389.
Wikipedia. 2009. Wikipedia the free encyclopedia: Main page.
Retrieved on January 21, 2010, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
