Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legal briefs
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Cult Awareness Network V. Church of Scientology International
Author: Cult Awareness Network V. Church of Scientology International
Author: A Series of Documents
Author: Scott BarryPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1678111511
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
This book is a containment of: Organic Constitution of 1871...Cestui Que Vie 1666 Act...Emergency Banking 1933 Act...Your Property Pledge/Signature BS...Create a Frequency Set...Cult Awareness Network CAN Collection...The US Constitution from GPO...Electrical Stimulation of the Hippo-campus Blocks...Kyle Odom Manifesto...The Lilly Wave and Psychotronic Warfare...Low-frequency Electric Cortical Stimulation...Miac Strategic Report 1 & 2...One Time Pad Thing...Frequency Weapons are Real...Non-Lethal Weapons...Real ID 2020 Act...Solving 9-11...Secured Party Creditors Process...The USA Patriot Act...The rest will be omitted and removed probably...
Nothing Works Here
Author: Scott BarryPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359975267
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
This is another common Amalgamation piece of random file assortments consisting of stuff easily obtained and archived here in a book for easy read.
Official Reports of the Supreme Court
Author: United States. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The Church of Scientology
Author: Hugh B. UrbanPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691158053
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Scientology's long and complex journey to recognition as a religion Scientology is one of the wealthiest and most powerful new religions to emerge in the past century. To its detractors, L. Ron Hubbard's space-age mysticism is a moneymaking scam and sinister brainwashing cult. But to its adherents, it is humanity's brightest hope. Few religious movements have been subject to public scrutiny like Scientology, yet much of what is written about the church is sensationalist and inaccurate. Here for the first time is the story of Scientology's protracted and turbulent journey to recognition as a religion in the postwar American landscape. Hugh Urban tells the real story of Scientology from its cold war-era beginnings in the 1950s to its prominence today as the religion of Hollywood's celebrity elite. Urban paints a vivid portrait of Hubbard, the enigmatic founder who once commanded his own private fleet and an intelligence apparatus rivaling that of the U.S. government. One FBI agent described him as "a mental case," but to his followers he is the man who "solved the riddle of the human mind." Urban details Scientology's decades-long war with the IRS, which ended with the church winning tax-exempt status as a religion; the rancorous cult wars of the 1970s and 1980s; as well as the latest challenges confronting Scientology, from attacks by the Internet group Anonymous to the church's efforts to suppress the online dissemination of its esoteric teachings. The Church of Scientology demonstrates how Scientology has reflected the broader anxieties and obsessions of postwar America, and raises profound questions about how religion is defined and who gets to define it.
Ferguson V. City of Chicago
Author: Revisionism and Diversification in New Religious Movements
Author: Eileen BarkerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317063619
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
New Religious Movements tend to start their lives with a number of unequivocal statements, not only of a theological nature but also about the world and appropriate behaviours for the believer. Yet these apparently inalienable Truths and their interpretations frequently become revised, ’adjusted’ or selectively adopted by different believers. This book explores different ways in which, as NRMs develop, stagnate, fade away, or abruptly cease to exist, certain orthodoxies and practices have, for one reason or another, been dropped or radically altered. Sometimes such changes are adapted by only a section of the movement, resulting in schism. Of particular concern are processes that might lead to violent and/or anti-social behaviour. As part of the Ashgate/Inform series, and in the spirit of the Inform Seminars, this book approaches its topic from a wide range of perspectives. Contributors include academics, current and former members of NRMs, and members of ’cult-watching’ movements. All the contributions are of a scholarly rather than a polemic nature, and brought together by Eileen Barker, the founder of Inform.
Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America
Author: William M. AshcraftPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313050783
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1500
Book Description
Most new or alternative religious are gravely misunderstood by members of the religious mainstream. Labeled cults or sects, groups and their members are often ridiculed or otherwise disregarded as weird and potentially dangerous by the populace at large. Despite their efforts at educating the general public, the various anti- and counter-cult activists have in fact promoted much more mis-understanding than accurate understanding of the religious lives of some of their fellow citizens. Consequently, they have helped to create a very hostile environment for anyone whose religious practices do not fit within a so-called mainstream. This set rectifies the situation by presenting accurate, comprehensive, authoritative and accessible accounts of various new and alternative religious movements that have been and are active in American society, and it addresses ways of understanding new and alternative religions within a broader context. Determining what actually constitutes a new or alternative religion is a subject of constant debate. Questions arise as to a new faith's legitimacy, beliefs, methods of conversion, and other facets of a religious movement's viability and place in a given culture. How a religion gains recognition by the mainstream, which often labels such new movements as cults, is fraught with difficulty, tension, and fear. Here, experts delineate the boundaries and examine the various groups, beliefs, movements, and other issues related to new faiths and alternative beliefs. Readers will come away with a fuller understanding of the religious landscape in America today. Volume 1: History and Controversies discusses the foundations of new and alternative religions in the United States and addresses the controversies that surround them. This volume helps readers better understand what makes a new or alternative belief system a religion and the issues involved. Volume 2: Jewish and Christian Traditions explores the various new religions that have grown out of these two Abrahamic faiths. Groups such as the Shakers, the People's Temple, the Branch Davidians, Jehovah's Witnesses and others are examined. Volume 3: Metaphysical, New Age, and Neopagan Movements looks at Shamanism, Spiritualism, Wicca, and Paganism, among other movements, as they have developed and grown in the U.S. These faiths have found new and devoted followers yet are often misunderstood. Volume 4: Asian Traditions focuses on those new and alternative religions that have been inspired by Asian religious traditions. From Baha'i to Soka Gakkai, from Adidam to the Vedanta Society, contributors look at a full range of groups practicing and worshiping in the U.S. today. Volume 5: African Diaspora Traditions and Other American Innovations examines the various traditions linked to the African diaspora such as Rastafarianism, Santeria, and the Nation of Islam, alongside traditions that are truly American incarnations like Scientology, UFO religions, and Heaven's Gate. Some of the new and alternative religions covered in these pages include: ; Shamanism ; Wicca ; Black Israelites ; Santeria ; Scientology ; Elan Vital ; Hare Krishna ; Soka Gakkai ; and many more
Illinois Appellate Reports
Author: Illinois. Appellate CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
Book Description