Going Clear
Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
About this book
"Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with both current and former Scientologists--both famous and less well known--and years of archival research, Lawrence Wright uses his extraordinary investigative skills to uncover for us the inner workings of the Church of Scientology: its origins in the imagination of science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard; its struggles to find acceptance as a legitimate (and legally acknowledged) religion; its vast, secret campaign to infiltrate the U.S. government; its vindictive treatment of critics; its phenomenal wealth; and its dramatic efforts to grow and prevail after the death of Hubbard"--From publisher description.
Subjects
- christianity
- church of scientology international
- cults
- doctrines
- doktrin
- history
- hubbard, l. ron (la fayette ron), 1911-1986
- new list 20130331
- new york times bestseller
- new york times reviewed
- nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2013-02-03
- nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2013-02-03
- organisation
- religion
- scientologists
- scientology
- social science
- sociology of religion