Scientology
Links
Is Scientology a Religion?
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Black/index.htm
Dr. Alan W. Black examines Scientology against "seven dimensions of religion" and finds all to be present in it.
Scientology, Social Science and the Definition of Religion
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Beckford/index.htm
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.
The Religious Status of Scientology
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/bouma/index.htm
An analysis of the religious nature of Scientology by Dr.Gary D. Bouma, sociologist of religion.
The Church of Scientology
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Pentikainen/
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.
Scientology, a New Religion
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Richardson/index.htm
Dr. Herbert Richardson summarizes a study he did of the Church of Scientology and why it should be classified as a religion.
The Church of Scientology as a movement of a new age in the world
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Wolf
Josef Wolf looks into various Scientology beliefs, and how Scientology compares with other new and mainstream religions.
Scientology: A Way of Spiritual Self-Identification
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Sivertsev/index.htm
An analysis of the Scientology religion by Michael A. Sivertsev, expert adviser on international matters to the Committee of the Russian Federation
Scientology: A New Religion
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/hill/index.htm
A short study on the religious nature of Scientology, by Dr. Samuel S. Hill.
Scientology A Comparison with Religions of the East and West
http://neuereligion.de/ENG/Berglie/index.htm
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.
A Short Study of the Scientology Religion
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/melton/page01.htm
J. Gordon Melton's study and findings on the Church of Scientology.
Scientology -- Is This a Religion?
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/kent/religion.html
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.
Altar Rhetoric and Online Performance: Scientology, Ethos, and the World Wide Web
http://acjournal.org/holdings/vol4/iss1/articles/frobish.htm
An overview of the way religions are using cyberspace, focusing particularly on the Church of Scientology.