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[Article]

Sect, Science, or Scam?

James R. Lewis

Leiden

Brill

The present piece surveys different discussions of "religion" - especially in the legal realm - which have had a bearing on Scientology. L. Ron Hubbard adopted the religion label for practical reasons; in his mind, Scientology was a science, not a religion. However, it is clear that Scientology actually is a religion - at least in the sense of functioning as a religion in the lives of participants - parading as science; instead of, as Hubbard thought, a science parading as religion. This becomes particularly clear upon examination of individuals participating in the so-called "Free Zone" (ex-CoS members who continue to identify as Scientologists), for whom Scientology remains their primary religious identity. The present piece surveys different discussions of "religion" - especially in the legal realm - which have had a bearing on Scientology. L. Ron Hubbard adopted the religion label for practical reasons; in his mind, Scientology was a science, not a religion. However, it is clear that Scientology actually is a religion - at least in the sense of functioning as a religion in the lives of participants - parading as science; instead of, as Hubbard thought, a science parading as religion. This becomes particularly clear upon examination of individuals participating in the so-called "Free Zone" (ex-CoS members who continue to identify as Scientologists), for whom Scientology remains their primary religious identity.

2015

226-242

Numen

62/2-3

1568-5276

Dianetics

Free Zone

L. Ron Hubbard

New Religious Movement

religion

Scientology

James R. Lewis

10.1163/15685276-12341364

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