Karen#1
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Excerpt:
[Just some of the many memoirs published in recent years]
Chris Shelton continues his look at the state of ‘religious studies’ attitudes about Scientology by working through a new issue of the journal Implicit Religion. Go here for his first, second, third, and fourth installments.
Today we continue our look at the academic articles posted in Implicit Religion, the Journal for the Critical Study of Religion, published in 2020 and covering Scientology exclusively.
Most of the articles are from self-described New Religious Movement scholars: Sociologists and religious studies scholars who have been vocally supportive of groups such as Scientology, the Unification Church (the “Moonies”) and Aum Shinrikyo, and have even given expert testimony in courts on the side of these and many other cults.~~~READ MORE
[Just some of the many memoirs published in recent years]
Chris Shelton continues his look at the state of ‘religious studies’ attitudes about Scientology by working through a new issue of the journal Implicit Religion. Go here for his first, second, third, and fourth installments.
Today we continue our look at the academic articles posted in Implicit Religion, the Journal for the Critical Study of Religion, published in 2020 and covering Scientology exclusively.
Most of the articles are from self-described New Religious Movement scholars: Sociologists and religious studies scholars who have been vocally supportive of groups such as Scientology, the Unification Church (the “Moonies”) and Aum Shinrikyo, and have even given expert testimony in courts on the side of these and many other cults.~~~READ MORE
