The Church of Scientology
by Hugh B. Urban · Hugh Urban
A historical study of Scientology from L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics through its IRS tax-exemption battles and global legal disputes. Readers will understand how the group sought recognition as a religion and what its case reveals about defining religion in modern America.
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