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A Short Study of the Scientology Religion
J. Gordon Melton's study and findings on the Church of Scientology.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/melton/page01.htm
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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.
http://acjournal.org/holdings/vol4/iss1/articles/frobish.htm
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Is Scientology a Religion?
Dr. Alan W. Black examines Scientology against "seven dimensions of religion" and finds all to be present in it.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Black/index.htm
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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.
http://www.religiousapartheid.org/critiques/ENG/Kelley/
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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.
http://www.emanationinc.com/oost/
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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.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/kent/religion.html
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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.
http://neuereligion.de/ENG/Berglie/index.htm
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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.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Richardson/index.htm
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Scientology, Social Science and the Definition of Religion
An expertise by James A. Beckford, Ph.D.University of Warwick, England, outlining the religious traditions of Scientology and its parallels to the Hindu and Buddhist religions.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Beckford/index.htm
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Scientology: A New Religion
A short study on the religious nature of Scientology, by Dr. Samuel S. Hill.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/hill/index.htm
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Scientology: A Religion in South Africa
Paper on the religious heritage of Scientology by David Chidester, Professor of Comparative Religion, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
http://www.emanationinc.com/Chidestr/index.htm
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Scientology: A Way of Spiritual Self-Identification
An analysis of the Scientology religion by Michael A. Sivertsev, expert adviser on international matters to the Committee of the Russian Federation
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Sivertsev/index.htm
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The Church of Scientology
A study on the Church of Scientology by the Chair of the Department of Study of Religions, University of Helsinki and the Executive Chief of the Foreigners' Office of the City of Tampere, Finland.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Pentikainen/
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The Religious Nature of Scientology
Dr. Parrinder, Methodist Minister and Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions University of London, on the controversy as to whether Scientology is a religion.
http://www.religiousapartheid.org/critiques/ENG/ThreeExpertises/ba7.htm
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The Religious Status of Scientology
An analysis of the religious nature of Scientology by Dr.Gary D. Bouma, sociologist of religion.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/bouma/index.htm
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