Scientology: Religion or racket?

The name Scientology (a copyrighted and registered trademark) brings to mind a wide array of claims, observations, impressions, findings, and documents, reflecting a complex and controversial history. The religion/not religion debate over various groups and organizations, prominent in the Western me...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Fachgebiet für Religionswissenschaft im Fachbereich 11, Philipps Universität Marburg [2003]
In: Marburg journal of religion
Year: 2003, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-56
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
Volltext (kostenfrei)

MARC

LEADER 00000caa a22000002 4500
001 1553287258
003 DE-627
005 20170314104324.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 170209s2003 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.17192/mjr.2003.8.3724  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)1553287258 
035 |a (DE-576)483287253 
035 |a (DE-599)BSZ483287253 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 0  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |e VerfasserIn  |0 (DE-588)138416427  |0 (DE-627)602061903  |0 (DE-576)160230136  |4 aut  |a Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin  |d 1943- 
109 |a Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin 1943-  |a Beit Hallahmi, Benjamin 1943-  |a Hallahmi, Benjamin Beit- 1943-  |a Hallahmi, Benjamin B.- 1943-  |a Hallahmi, Benjamin Beit 1943-  |a Hallahmi, Benjamin B. 1943- 
245 1 0 |a Scientology  |b Religion or racket?  |c Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi 
264 1 |c [2003] 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a The name Scientology (a copyrighted and registered trademark) brings to mind a wide array of claims, observations, impressions, findings, and documents, reflecting a complex and controversial history. The religion/not religion debate over various groups and organizations, prominent in the Western media over the past thirty years, has usually presented the public and politicians with a religion versus "sect" or "cult" dichotomy. The classification issue in this article is framed differently.Hopkins (1969) offered us the terms of the debate in the bluntest and most direct way when he asked in the title of an article in Christianity Today more than thirty years ago "Scientology: Religion or racket?" Read today, the Hopkins article sounds naive and charitable, but this question still stands before us, and yet deserves an answer 
601 |a Scientology 
601 |a Religion 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Marburg journal of religion  |d Marburg : Fachgebiet für Religionswissenschaft im Fachbereich 11, Philipps Universität Marburg, 1996  |g 8(2003), 1, Seite 1-56  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)241456487  |w (DE-600)1418722-X  |w (DE-576)281189013  |x 1612-2941  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:8  |g year:2003  |g number:1  |g pages:1-56 
856 4 0 |u http://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0004/article/view/3724  |x Verlag  |x Resolving-System  |z kostenfrei  |3 Volltext 
856 |u https://doi.org/10.17192/mjr.2003.8.3724  |x doi  |3 Volltext 
936 u w |d 8  |j 2003  |e 1  |h 1-56 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 295369319X 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1553287258 
LOK |0 005 20170209111818 
LOK |0 008 170209||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 935   |a ixzs  |a ixzo 
OAS |a 1 
ORI |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
SUB |a REL