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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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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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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 -- 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.
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/kent/religion.html
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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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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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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: A New Religion
A short study on the religious nature of Scientology, by Dr. Samuel S. Hill.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/hill/index.htm
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Scientology: A Way of Spiritual Self-Identification
An analysis of the Scientology religion by Michael A. Sivertsev, expert adviser on international
matters to the Committee of the Russian Federation
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Sivertsev/index.htm
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The Church of Scientology as a movement of a new age in the world
Josef Wolf looks into various Scientology beliefs, and how Scientology compares with other new and
mainstream religions.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Wolf
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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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The Church of Scientology
A study on the Church of Scientology by the Chair of the Department of Study of Religions,
University of Helsinki and the Executive Chief of the Foreigners' Office of the City of Tampere,
Finland.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Pentikainen/
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The Religious Status of Scientology
An analysis of the religious nature of Scientology by Dr.Gary D. Bouma, sociologist of religion.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/bouma/index.htm
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Scientology, Social Science and the Definition of Religion
An expertise by James A. Beckford, Ph.D.University of Warwick, England, outlining the religious
traditions of Scientology and its parallels to the Hindu and Buddhist religions.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Beckford/index.htm
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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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The Religious Nature of Scientology
Dr. Parrinder, Methodist Minister and Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions University of
London, on the controversy as to whether Scientology is a religion.
http://www.religiousapartheid.org/critiques/ENG/ThreeExpertises/ba7.htm
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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: A Religion in South Africa
Paper on the religious heritage of Scientology by David Chidester, Professor of Comparative
Religion, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
http://www.emanationinc.com/Chidestr/index.htm
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