Going Clear Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

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  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9780307745309
  • 05 november 2013
  • 538 pagina's
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The Basis For The New HBO Documentary. A National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist.

Scientology presents itself as a scientific approach to spiritual enlightenment, but its practices have long been shrouded in mystery. Now Lawrence Wright—armed with his investigative talents, years of archival research, and more than two hundred personal interviews with current and former Scientologists—uncovers the inner workings of the church. We meet founder L. Ron Hubbard, the highly imaginative but mentally troubled science-fiction writer, and his tough, driven successor, David Miscavige. We go inside their specialized cosmology and language. We learn about the church’s legal attacks on the IRS, its vindictive treatment of critics, and its phenomenal wealth. We see the church court celebrities such as Tom Cruise while consigning its clergy to hard labor under billion-year contracts. Through it all, Wright asks what fundamentally comprises a religion, and if Scientology in fact merits this Constitutionally-protected label. Brilliantly researched, compellingly written,Going Clear pulls back the curtain on one of the most secretive organizations at work today.

A New York Times Notable Book
A Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, New York magazine,Slate, Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post,Newsday, Entertainment Weekly, People, The Week, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews
A GoodReads Reader's Choice

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    The book gives a great inisght of the man behind Scientology, how the religion came about and how it is currently managed. What to expect from Scientology and the methods it uses to indoctrinate believers. Very well written and I believe the author did his research very thoroughly. Even more so, the fact that the people behind the religion have been known to protect the church from outsiders makes it an even better book. Respect to the author on taking the risk to write this book!

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