Altar Rhetoric and Online Performance: Scientology, Ethos, and the World Wide Web
An overview of the way religions are using cyberspace, focusing particularly on the Church of Scientology.

Brought into the Fold: Influence and Persuasion in a Conversional Religious Setting
A graduate student in social psychology considers the techniques of influence used by the Church of Scientology in recruiting new followers.

Is Scientology a Religion?
Dr. Alan W. Black examines Scientology against "seven dimensions of religion" and finds all to be present in it.

Is Scientology a Religion?
Analysis of Scientology against current criteria for classification of religions, by Dean M. Kelley who was an executive of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.

Religious Philosophy, Religion and Church
Study on Scientology by Calvinist, South African, professor of religion, laying the groundwork for Scientology's ultimate recognition by his government as a religion in the year 2000.

Scientology -- Is This a Religion?
By Steven A. Kent. Revised version of a presentation given to 27th Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag. Argues that Scientology is a multifaceted transnational having religion as only one component. (June 30, 1997)

Scientology A Comparison with Religions of the East and West
A comparison of the Church of Scientology against certain criteria to determine whether or not it is a religion, presented by Per-Arne Berglie, Professor of History of Religion, University of Stockholm.

Scientology's Relationship with Eastern Religious Traditions
Stephen A. Kent examines Scientology's claims to similarities with Eastern religions.

Scientology, a New Religion
Dr. Herbert Richardson summarizes a study he did of the Church of Scientology and why it should be classified as a religion.

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