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Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Lawrence Wright: Going Clear Lawrence Wright: Going Clear Lawrence Wright: Going Clear

A ​clear-sighted revelation, a deep penetration into the world of Scientology by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the now-classic study of al-Qaeda's 9/11 attack, the Looming Tower. Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with both current and former Scientologists--both famous and less well known--and years of archival research, Lawrence Wright uses his extraordinary investigative skills to uncover for us the inner working sof the Church of Scientology: its origins in the imagination of science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard; its struggles to find acceptance as a legitimate (and legally acknowledged) religion; its vast, secret campaign to infiltrate the U.S. government; and its dramatic efforts to grow and prevail after the death of Hubbard.

At the book's center, two men whom Wright brings vividly to life, showing how they have made Scientology what it is today: The darkly brilliant L. Ron Hubbard--whose restless, expansive mind invented a new religion… (tovább)

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Knopf, New York, 2013
430 oldal · ISBN: 9780307700667
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Vintage, London, 2013
560 oldal · ISBN: 9780307745309
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ISBN: 9780385393065 · Felolvasta: Morton Sellers

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