Donald A. Westbrook (Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University) has taught at UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, Fuller Seminary, and is affiliated with the Faculty for the Comparative Study of Religion and Humanism (FVG) in Antwerp, Belgium.

He [Westbrook] masterfully navigates through key aspects and episodes of the complex discursive universe that constitutes Scientology. Upon reading the book, readers will surely agree with Westbrook that there is "no shortage of avenues for academic exploration." This book will be the new departure point for scholars of Scientology.

• Acknowledgements Introduction: Methods and Means of Researching Scientology and Scientologists1. Preliminary Conclusions from Interviews and Fieldwork2. Before the Religion: Episodes from the Advent of Dianetics and Scientology3. "Keeping Scientology Working": Features of Systematic Theology4. "We Come Back": Past and Present of the Sea Organization5. "Build a Better Bridge!": From LRH to COB and BeyondConclusion: Reflections on the Future of Scientology and its Academic Study NotesBibliographyIndex

Donald A. Westbrook (Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University) has taught at UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, Fuller Seminary, and is affiliated with the Faculty for the Comparative Study of Religion and Humanism (FVG) in Antwerp, Belgium.

He [Westbrook] masterfully navigates through key aspects and episodes of the complex discursive universe that constitutes Scientology. Upon reading the book, readers will surely agree with Westbrook that there is "no shortage of avenues for academic exploration." This book will be the new departure point for scholars of Scientology.

• Acknowledgements Introduction: Methods and Means of Researching Scientology and Scientologists1. Preliminary Conclusions from Interviews and Fieldwork2. Before the Religion: Episodes from the Advent of Dianetics and Scientology3. "Keeping Scientology Working": Features of Systematic Theology4. "We Come Back": Past and Present of the Sea Organization5. "Build a Better Bridge!": From LRH to COB and BeyondConclusion: Reflections on the Future of Scientology and its Academic Study NotesBibliographyIndex

Donald A. Westbrook (Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University) has taught at UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, Fuller Seminary, and is affiliated with the Faculty for the Comparative Study of Religion and Humanism (FVG) in Antwerp, Belgium.

He [Westbrook] masterfully navigates through key aspects and episodes of the complex discursive universe that constitutes Scientology. Upon reading the book, readers will surely agree with Westbrook that there is "no shortage of avenues for academic exploration." This book will be the new departure point for scholars of Scientology.

• Acknowledgements Introduction: Methods and Means of Researching Scientology and Scientologists1. Preliminary Conclusions from Interviews and Fieldwork2. Before the Religion: Episodes from the Advent of Dianetics and Scientology3. "Keeping Scientology Working": Features of Systematic Theology4. "We Come Back": Past and Present of the Sea Organization5. "Build a Better Bridge!": From LRH to COB and BeyondConclusion: Reflections on the Future of Scientology and its Academic Study NotesBibliographyIndex