L. Ron Hubbard's Alternative to the Bomb Shelter: Scientology's Emergence as a Pseudo-science During the 1950s

: In the 1950s, L. Ron Hubbard founded Scientology and offered it as the key to surviving nuclear fallout. Hubbard's success in promoting his claims depended on his ability to convince some people that Scientology was a unique science with more authority to state the truth than orthodox science...

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Main Author: Manca, Terra (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2012]
In: Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2012, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 80-96
Further subjects:B Cold War America
B L. Ron Hubbard
B Scientology
B Anti-communism
B Dianetics
B detoxification
B nuclear fallout
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