Scientology: A Religion in South Africa

Paper on the religious heritage of Scientology by David Chidester, Professor of Comparative Religion, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
http://www.emanationinc.com/Chidestr/index.htm

Religious Philosophy, Religion and Church

Study on Scientology by Calvinist, South African, professor of religion, laying the groundwork for Scientology's ultimate recognition by his government as a religion in the year 2000.
http://www.emanationinc.com/oost/

The Religious Nature of Scientology

Dr. Parrinder, Methodist Minister and Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions University of London, on the controversy as to whether Scientology is a religion.
http://www.religiousapartheid.org/critiques/ENG/ThreeExpertises/ba7.htm

Is Scientology a Religion?

Dr. Alan W. Black examines Scientology against "seven dimensions of religion" and finds all to be present in it.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Black/index.htm

Scientology, Social Science and the Definition of Religion

An expertise by James A. Beckford, Ph.D.University of Warwick, England, outlining the religious traditions of Scientology and its parallels to the Hindu and Buddhist religions.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Beckford/index.htm

The Religious Status of Scientology

An analysis of the religious nature of Scientology by Dr.Gary D. Bouma, sociologist of religion.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/bouma/index.htm

The Church of Scientology

A study on the Church of Scientology by the Chair of the Department of Study of Religions, University of Helsinki and the Executive Chief of the Foreigners' Office of the City of Tampere, Finland.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Pentikainen/

Scientology, a New Religion

Dr. Herbert Richardson summarizes a study he did of the Church of Scientology and why it should be classified as a religion.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Richardson/index.htm

The Church of Scientology as a movement of a new age in the world

Josef Wolf looks into various Scientology beliefs, and how Scientology compares with other new and mainstream religions.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Wolf

Scientology: A Way of Spiritual Self-Identification

An analysis of the Scientology religion by Michael A. Sivertsev, expert adviser on international matters to the Committee of the Russian Federation
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Sivertsev/index.htm

Scientology: A New Religion

A short study on the religious nature of Scientology, by Dr. Samuel S. Hill.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/hill/index.htm

Scientology A Comparison with Religions of the East and West

A comparison of the Church of Scientology against certain criteria to determine whether or not it is a religion, presented by Per-Arne Berglie, Professor of History of Religion, University of Stockholm.
http://neuereligion.de/ENG/Berglie/index.htm

A Short Study of the Scientology Religion

J. Gordon Melton's study and findings on the Church of Scientology.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/melton/page01.htm

Is Scientology a Religion?

Analysis of Scientology against current criteria for classification of religions, by Dean M. Kelley who was an executive of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
http://www.religiousapartheid.org/critiques/ENG/Kelley/

Scientology -- Is This a Religion?

By Steven A. Kent. Revised version of a presentation given to 27th Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag. Argues that Scientology is a multifaceted transnational having religion as only one component.
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/kent/religion.html

Scientology's Relationship with Eastern Religious Traditions

Stephen A. Kent examines Scientology's claims to similarities with Eastern religions.
http://www.ezlink.com/~perry/Co$/Christian/eastern.htm

Altar Rhetoric and Online Performance: Scientology, Ethos, and the World Wide Web

An overview of the way religions are using cyberspace, focusing particularly on the Church of Scientology.
http://acjournal.org/holdings/vol4/iss1/articles/frobish.htm

Brought into the Fold: Influence and Persuasion in a Conversional Religious Setting

A graduate student in social psychology considers the techniques of influence used by the Church of Scientology in recruiting new followers.
http://www.skeptic.com/submit03.html