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| A Short Study of the Scientology Religion  |
| J. Gordon Melton's study and findings on the Church of Scientology.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/melton/page01.htm |
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| Altar Rhetoric and Online Performance: Scientology, Ethos, and the World Wide Web  |
| An overview of the way religions are using cyberspace, focusing particularly on the Church of Scientology.
http://acjournal.org/holdings/vol4/iss1/articles/frobish.htm |
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| Brought into the Fold: Influence and Persuasion in a Conversional Religious Setting  |
| A graduate student in social psychology considers the techniques of influence used by the Church of Scientology in recruiting new followers.
http://www.skeptic.com/submit03.html |
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| Is Scientology a Religion?  |
| Dr. Alan W. Black examines Scientology against "seven dimensions of religion" and finds all to be present in it.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Black/index.htm |
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| Is Scientology a Religion?  |
| Analysis of Scientology against current criteria for classification of religions, by Dean M. Kelley who was an executive of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
http://www.religiousapartheid.org/critiques/ENG/Kelley/ |
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| Religious Philosophy, Religion and Church  |
| Study on Scientology by Calvinist, South African, professor of religion, laying the groundwork for Scientology's ultimate recognition by his government as a religion in the year 2000.
http://www.emanationinc.com/oost/ |
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| Scientology -- Is This a Religion?  |
| By Steven A. Kent. Revised version of a presentation given to 27th Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag. Argues that Scientology is a multifaceted transnational having religion as only one component. (June 30, 1997)
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/kent/religion.html |
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| Scientology A Comparison with Religions of the East and West  |
| A comparison of the Church of Scientology against certain criteria to determine whether or not it is a religion, presented by Per-Arne Berglie, Professor of History of Religion, University of Stockholm.
http://neuereligion.de/ENG/Berglie/index.htm |
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| Scientology's Relationship with Eastern Religious Traditions  |
| Stephen A. Kent examines Scientology's claims to similarities with Eastern religions.
http://www.ezlink.com/~perry/Co$/Christian/eastern.htm |
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| Scientology, a New Religion  |
| Dr. Herbert Richardson summarizes a study he did of the Church of Scientology and why it should be classified as a religion.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Richardson/index.htm |
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