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Scientology is a high profile movement. Its celebrity members and litigious nature keep it in the press.1 When most people think of new religions, they probably think first of Scientology. This is in many ways testament to its success. Very few people, however, will know exactly what the practice of Scientology, or rather Dianetics, involves.
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Mooney, A. (2005). The Church of Scientology. In: The Rhetoric of Religious ‘Cults’. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230504417_3
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