Inside Scientology
Subtitle: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion
By: Janet Reitman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9780618883028
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Religion; Scientology
First sentence: The limestone and granite Church of Scientology in midtown Manhattan is located just northwest of Times Square, at 227 West 46th Street. Blending in seamlessly amid Broadway theaters, restaurants, and hotels, the place is very easy to miss, though it is seven stories tall and marked with a large metal awning proclaiming SCIENTOLOGY in gold letters.
Description: Reitman offers the first full, journalistic history of the Church of Scientology, in an even-handed account that at last establishes the astonishing truth about the controversial religion. She traces Scientology's development from the birth of Dianetics through to the present day.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The world's fastest-growing religion; title: I: The founder; title: Dianetics; title: The franchised faith; title: II: The bridge to total freedom; title: Travels with the commodore; title: Over the rainbow; title: DM; title: Power is assumed; title: III: Lisa; title: Flag; title: Seventeen days; title: The greatest good; title: IV: The celebrity strategy; title: The seduction of Tom Cruise; title: The bubble; title: Int; title: Exodus; title: Epilogue: What is true for you