Introduction: The Pen Is Mightier than the Sword
Violent incidents where Scientologists were attacked (and one killed, in Sydney) may have been caused inter alia by inflammatory anti-Scientology statements by certain media, and confirm that sensationalist accounts of “cults” may indeed generate violence.On a more...
Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
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[2019]
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The journal of CESNUR
Jahr: 2019, Band: 3, Heft: 1, Seiten: 4-7 |
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Scientology
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RelBib Classification: | AA Religionswissenschaft AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik AZ Neue Religionen |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Scientology
B Sydney Scientology Stabbing B Church of Scientology B CESNUR B Anti-cult Movement |
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Zusammenfassung: | Violent incidents where Scientologists were attacked (and one killed, in Sydney) may have been caused inter alia by inflammatory anti-Scientology statements by certain media, and confirm that sensationalist accounts of “cults” may indeed generate violence.On a more positive note, sober scholarly assessments of Scientology are increasingly being published. This issue of The Journal of CESNUR salutes and documents a new season of Scientology studies. |
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ISSN: | 2532-2990 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.1.1 |