- Religion Inc.
Infobox Book
name = Religion Inc.
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author =Stewart Lamont
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country =Great Britain
language = English
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subject =new religious movement
genre =non-fiction
publisher =Harrap ,London
release_date = June1986
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media_type = Hardcover
pages = 192
isbn = ISBN 0245543341 ,
ISBN 978-0245543340
preceded_by =Is Anybody There?
followed_by =In Good Faith "Religion Inc. The Church of Scientology" is a
non-fiction book aboutScientology andL. Ron Hubbard , written byStewart Lamont . The book was published in hardcover edition byHarrap , in1986 .Cited by other works
"Religion Inc." is cited by other books and research reports on the subject matter, including: "Journal of the American Academy of Religion" [ [http://jaar.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/74/2/356 Fair Game: Secrecy, Security, and the Church of Scientology in Cold War America] , Hugh B. Urban, "Journal of the American Academy of Religion", 2006 74(2):356-389,
April 26 ,2006 .] , "The State of the Discipline" [Gutjahr, Paul C., "The State of the Discipline: Sacred Texts in the United States", Volume 4, 2001, pp. 335-370.,Penn State University Press .] , "Canadian Journal of Sociology" ["New Dimensions of Social Movement/Countermovement Interaction: The Case of Scientology and Its Internet Critics", Michael Peckham, "Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie", Vol. 23, No. 4 (Autumn,1998 ), pp. 317-347] , "Marburg Journal of Religion" ["L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology", Marco Frenschkowski,University of Mainz ,Germany , "Marburg Journal of Religion", Volume 4, No.1 (July1999 )] , "Shaking the World for Jesus""Shaking the World for Jesus", Heather Hendershot,2004 , P.219.,University of Chicago Press , ISBN 0226326799
Scientology is another belief system that clearly illustrates the profit motive at play in American religion. See Stewart Lamont. Religion Inc.: The Church of Scientology.] , "The Social Dimensions of Sectarianism""The Social Dimensions of Sectarianism: sects and new religious movements in contemporary society", Bryan Ronald Wilson,1990 , P.233.,Oxford University Press , ISBN 0198278837
An account of Hubbard's retreat to sea, his recluse-like existence in California, and his death is given in S. Lamont, Religion Inc.: The Church of Scientology.] , "Alternative Religions: A Sociological Introduction" ["Alternative Religions: A Sociological Introduction",Stephen J. Hunt , Social Science,2003 , P.200., Ashgate Publishing, Ltd, ISBN 0754634108] , "La Secte" ["",Roger Gonnet ,1998 ., P. 265-267., ISBN 2911751043] , and "The Alms Trade" ["The Alms Trade: Charities Past, Present and Future", Ian Williams, Unwin Hyman,1989 , ISBN 0044404352 , P.206.] .ynopsis
The work includes twenty-seven photographs, taken by the author in the course of research for the book ["Religion Inc.", Lamont, "Unless otherwise stated, the photographs listed below are from the author's own collection."] .
Lamont describes the difficulty authors often encounter in writing and publishing critical books on the
Church of Scientology : "Books about Scientology have a greater permanency than newspaper articles and therefore it should not come as a surprise that vigorous smear-campaigns have been conducted against the authors of such investigations." ["Religion Inc.", Lamont, P. 71-72.] Lamont later goes on to chronicle some of the harassment suffered by authorPaulette Cooper after the publication of "The Scandal of Scientology " [Paulette Cooper , "The Scandal of Scientology ",Tower Publications ,1971 .] , including recounting parts ofOperation Freakout ["Religion Inc.", Lamont, P. 142-143.] . Lamont also goes into the inherent motivation for profit within the organization.The book also details L. Ron Hubbard's actions later in life: his retreat to sea, isolated lifestyle in
California , and death.References
External links
* [http://members.chello.nl/mgormez/books/lamont/lamont.htm Full text online]
* [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/lamont/lamont.htm Full text] , hosted by Dr. David Touretzky
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