The Globalization of Scientology: Influence, Control and Opposition in Transnational Markets

Author: Kent S.A.

Source: Religion, Volume 29, Number 2, April 1999 , pp. 147-169(23)

Publisher: Academic Press

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Abstract:

Locating itself within a sociological perspective that analyses religiously ideological organisations as transnational corporations, this study examines the global activities of Scientology. It summarises the organisation’s resolution of its international conflict with Interpol, its take-over of its internationally influential opponent, the Cult Awareness Network (CAN) and its heightened rhetoric against psychiatry. The article also highlights Scientology’s international marketing strategies that attempt to further the teachings of its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, and gain political and social influence. Despite Scientology’s efforts to adjust its approach to fit the cultural realities of the countries that it enters, its apparent successes in some formerly Iron Curtain nations is counterbalanced by growing opposition in Western Europe.Copyright 1999 Academic Press

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

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