| Description |
xiii, 430 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-418) and index. |
| Summary |
"Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with both current and former Scientologists--both famous and less well known--and years of archival research, Lawrence Wright uses his extraordinary investigative skills to uncover for us the inner workings of the Church of Scientology: its origins in the imagination of science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard; its struggles to find acceptance as a legitimate (and legally acknowledged) religion; its vast, secret campaign to infiltrate the U.S. government; its vindictive treatment of critics; its phenomenal wealth; and its dramatic efforts to grow and prevail after the death of Hubbard"--From publisher description. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I: Scientology. The convert ; Source ; Going overboard -- Part II: Hollywood. The faith factory ; Dropping the body ; In service to the stars ; The future is ours ; Bohemian rhapsody ; TC and COB -- Part III: The prison of belief. The investigation ; Tommy -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Hubbard, L. Ron (La Fayette Ron), 1911-1986.
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Scientology.
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Scientology -- Doctrines.
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Actors -- California -- Hollywood.
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Faith.
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Belief and doubt.
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| ISBN |
9780307700667 |
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0307700666 |
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