Going Clear : Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief

The New York Times bestseller hailed as 'masterful' by The Sunday Times, 'Devastating' by the Daily Beast and 'An utterly necessary story...a feat of reporting' by The Wall Street Journal. Scientology presents itself as a scientific approach to spiritual enlightenment, but its activities have long been shrouded in mystery and controversy. Now Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright – armed with his investigative talents, years of archival research, and more than two hundred personal interviews with current and former Scientologists – uncovers the inner workings of the church. We meet founder L. Ron Hubbard, the science-fiction writer turned prophet, and his tough, driven successor David Miscavige. We learn about the church’s specialised cosmology and language, its legal attacks on the IRS, its vindictive treatment of critics, and its phenomenal wealth. We see the church court celebrities such as Tom Cruise while consigning its clergy to hard labour under billion-year contracts. Through it all, Wright asks what makes a religion, and whether Scientology in fact merits this constitutionally protected label. Now an award-winning HBO documentary film, Going Clear pulls back the curtain on one of the most secretive organisations at work today.Author: Wright, Lawrence,author
Contributors: Wright, Lawrence,author
Binding: paperback
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Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis
Published/Release Date: 17 Mar 2016
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: Silvertail Books
Author/Director/Artist: Lawrence Wright
Dimension (cm): 203x133x35 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 36x200x134 mm
Item Weight (g): 646
Package Weight (g): 660