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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780547750354
- Book Title
- Inside Scientology : the Story of America's Most Secretive Religion
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Religion, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Scientology, Religious, History, Cults
- Item Weight
- 13.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 464 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0547750358
ISBN-13
9780547750354
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109038601
Product Key Features
Book Title
Inside Scientology : the Story of America's Most Secretive Religion
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Scientology, Religious, History, Cults
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Religion, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
13.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
'Å“An engrossing, groundbreaking work that brings a welcome sense of fair-mindedness to a subject that is, for many journalists and scholars, too hot to touch.'Â�, 'Å“[A] meticulously researched history and revealing exposé, a frightening portrait of a religion that many find not just controversial, but dangerous.'Â�, " Inside Scientology is an engrossing, groundbreaking work that brings a welcome sense of fair-mindedness to a subject that is, for many journalists and scholars, too hot to touch. Reitman has accomplished the miracle of adding light without heat." Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 " Inside Scientology goes beyond the celebrities and the scandalsthough they're here in all their absurdity and horrorto find in Scientology a more profound story about "technology" as an article of faith and faith as a vessel for science, or, at least, science fiction. With precision and empathy, Janet Reitman has in this definitive investigation laid bare the genesis and possibly the endgame of America's strangest religion." Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family and C Street, [A] meticulously researched history and revealing exposé, a frightening portrait of a religion that many find not just controversial, but dangerous., An engrossing, groundbreaking work that brings a welcome sense of fair-mindedness to a subject that is, for many journalists and scholars, too hot to touch.
Dewey Decimal
299/.936
Synopsis
How is it that America's most popular new religion is still its least understood? Janet Reitman sheds some long-awaited light on the ever-elusive faith organization, the Church of Scientology. Based on five years of research, access to confidential documents, and extensive interviews with current and former Scientologists, this is the first objective modern history of the notoriously secretive faith., "A masterful piece of reporting . . . Reitman tells a spellbinding story of a larger-than-life personality whose quirks, ticks and charisma shaped America's newest homegrown religious movement." -- Washington Post Scientology is known for its celebrity believers and its team of "volunteer ministers" at disaster sites such as the World Trade Center; its notably aggressive response to criticism or its attacks on psychiatry; its requirement that believers pay as much as hundreds of thousands of dollars to reach the highest levels of salvation. But for all its notoriety, Scientology has remained America's least understood new religion, even as it has been one of its most successful. Now Janet Reitman tells its riveting full story in the first objective modern history of Scientology, at last revealing the astonishing truth about life within the controversial religion for its members and ex-members. Based on five years of research, confidential documents, and extensive interviews with current and former Scientologists, this is an utterly compelling work of nonfiction and the defining work on an elusive faith. "A meticulously researched history and revealing expos , a frightening portrait of a religion that many find not just controversial, but dangerous." -- Boston Globe "This book is fearless." -- Wall Street Journal A New York Times Notable Book Amazon.com Best Books of 2011, Nonfiction San Francisco Chronicle Top Ten of 2011, Based on five years of research, access to confidential documents, and extensive interviews with current and former Scientologists, Janet Reitman sheds some long-awaited light on the ever-elusive religion of the Church of Scientology. Scientology, created in 1954 by pulp science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, claims to be the world's fastest growing religion, with millions of members and huge financial holdings. Celebrity believers keep its profile high. Teams of volunteer ministers offer aid at disaster sites like Haiti and the World Trade Center. But Scientology is also a very closed faith, harassing journalists and others through litigation and intimidation, even infiltrating high levels of the government to further its goals. Its attacks on psychiatry and its requirement that believers pay as much as tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars for salvation have drawn scrutiny and skepticism. Ex-members use the internet to share stories of harassment and abuse. Reitman offers the first full journalistic history of the Church of Scientology in an even-handed account that establishes the truth about the controversial religion. She traces Scientology's development from the birth of Dianetics to today, following its metamorphosis from a pseudoscientific self-help group to a global spiritual corporation with profound control over its followers and ex-followers. This is a defining book about a little-known world.
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