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"[a] searing expose." -People Magazine"the most complete picture of Scientology so far." –Garry Wills, New York Times Book Review"compelling, rich and courageous...what comes through this prodigious reporting effort is a really good read about the birth of a strange and yet all-American institution...INSIDE SCIENTOLOGY is an impressive high-wire act producing a scrupulous history of how one man reframed the universe and how a lot of people paid for the privilege of agreeing with him." - Oregonian"Inside Scientology is a masterful piece of reporting....a compelling introduction to "America’s most secretive religion," as the subtitle has it. Even for those who have no interest in parsing when cults become religions or why faith upends fact, Reitman tells a spellbinding story of a larger-than-life personality whose quirks, ticks and charisma shaped America’s newest homegrown religious movement." - Washington Post"this book is fearless" - Wall Street Journal"[a] meaty, engaging new book" -Slate.com"In a new book, Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secret Religion, author Janet Reitman tell the fascinating history of the mysterious organization and its members." - Time.com"[a] meticulously researched history and revealing exposé, a frightening portrait of a religion that many find not just controversial, but dangerous…Throughout the book, the author displays consummate journalistic skills. Her accumulation of evidence is particularly impressive and gives rise to one of the more memorable works of investigative nonfiction in recent years."- Boston Globe"a well-researched and compelling read" - Los Angeles Times"[a] richly narrative history of the organization… The book is convincing and compelling. It will be interesting to see how the Scientology leadership responds." - St Louis Post Dispatch"Inside Scientology leaves no scandal unturned in the life of L. Ron Hubbard, underlings, celebrities and cult "slaves" in this story of America's most secretive religion....It is a riveting read not only for its thorough research, and winning style, but because [Reitman] has left no greed undescribed in the 396 page-turner." - Seattle Post Intelligencer"So most journalistic accounts of Scientology fall into two categories: ax-grinding expose or fawning apologism. Fortunately Janet Reitman finds a third way in her authoritative, absorbing "Inside Scientology": nuanced reporting that lets the facts speak for themselves..."Inside Scientology" will remain a thoughtful, fair-minded record of its tumultuous first generation." - San Francisco Chronicle"a serious, painstaking investigation of the organization's unique structure and bare-knucled business acumen." - GQ"Reitman's book delivers all it promises, and it promises a lot… [Reitman] has put together the most masterfully written, narratively rewarding, and thorough yarn about L. Ron Hubbard, David Miscavige, and Scientology and its strange past, present, and possible future….In Inside Scientology, we have a thorough, brave journalist backed by a major publisher, and soon what no doubt will be a major publicity push: Reitman's book should soon become Scientology's biggest headache in years." - Village Voice"[a] meticulously compiled exposé, culled from hundreds of interviews with active Scientologists and defectors alike. [Reitman's] revelations — including abuse allegations against church leader David Miscavige and details about the organization's aggressive courtship of Tom Cruise — come with impressive backup." - Entertainment Weekly"Inside Scientology is an engrossing, groundbreaking work that brings a welcome sense of fair-mindedness to a subject that is, for many journalists and scholars, too hot to touch. Reitman has accomplished the miracle of adding light without heat." —Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11"Inside Scientology goes beyond the celebrities and the scandals—though they're here in all their absurdity and horror—to find in Scientology a more profound story about "technology" as an article of faith and faith as a vessel for science, or, at least, science fiction. With precision and empathy, Janet Reitman has in this definitive investigation laid bare the genesis and possibly the endgame of America's strangest religion." —Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family and C Street
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Scientology is known for its celebrity believers and its team of "volunteer ministers" at disaster sites such as the World Trade Center; its notably aggressive response to criticism or its attacks on psychiatry; its requirement that believers pay as much as hundreds of thousands of dollars to reach the highest levels of salvation. But for all its notoriety, Scientology has remained America's least understood new religion, even as it has been one of its most successful. Now Janet Reitman tells its riveting full story in the first objective modern history of Scientology, at last revealing the astonishing truth about life within the controversial religion for its members and ex-members. We watch the singular L. Ron Hubbard transform a self-help group into a worldwide spiritual corporation, at one point running the church from his personal fleet on the high seas before establishing its base in sleepy Clearwater, Florida. As he became increasingly paranoid and reclusive a young acolyte named David Miscavige assumed control; after Hubbard's death in 1986 he quickly purged the ranks and began to transform the church once again. Miscavige has overseen some of the church's greatest triumphs--among them a controversial billion-dollar IRS tax exemption and Tom Cruise's emergence as a vocal advocate--but he also has created a climate of fear and intimidation, according to ex-members whose stories of abuse Reitman shares. Reitman is the first to examine his twenty-five year reign and what it might mean for the future of the church. Based on five years of research, confidential documents, and extensive interviews with current and former Scientologists, this is an utterly compelling work of nonfiction and the defining work on an elusive faith.
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Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Mariner Books; Reprint edition (August 6, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0547750358
ISBN-13: 978-0547750354
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5.5 x 1.2 x 8.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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Like many, I was shocked to hear rumors, allegations and accusations of a "religion" in our midst that had all the same trappings and pathology of a regime defined by totalitarian mind control and draconian distain for basic human rights as a modern day Communist North Korea. I just kept thinking, this can't possibly happen in the freest country in the world. So I set out to learn the truth for myself (as I always do). What I learned was as mind blowing as it was soul crushing.As I looked through the offerings, it became clear that many of the books written were authored by former scientologists, which immediately begs the question of their impartiality; conscious or unconscious.Unlike those others, Reitman is a journalist, first and foremost. This fact comes through quite clearly in her writing and in her perspective - which- for the most part - comes off as even-handed and factually fair. That conclusion is based on my review of hundreds of articles and several other books on Scientology (including Dianetics).The stories she tells of LRH's misuse, abuse, and demagogic totalitarian control of his parishioners, reads like pages ripped from the biography of every charismatic leader who ever conjured a cult following, from Jim Jones an Sun Myung Moon, to Kim Jil Un and Hitler. Her captivating account of the unlikely evolution of an obscure but prolific pulp sci-fi writer to a God-like entity worshiped world-wide is truly a tale stranger than fiction.She gives us not only a peek behind the curtain of the great and powerful OZ (LRH) [and his unbequeath heir, usurper to the thrown, David Miscavige], but, instead, she throws back the church's secretive shroud, laying bare the destructive disfunction of an organization that preys upon the generous hearted, well intentioned, if naive, hopes and dreams of innocents who sought only to improve themselves and the world around them. All betrayed by a snake oil charlatan bent purely on his own self-enrichment and aggrandizement.It's a fascinating cautionary tale of how easily average (and even well-above average) people can be drawn into a belief system that not only controls their every thought and action but which forms a fortress of faith around them from which there is no escape. The chapter on Tom Cruise and his relationship with the self-described "pope of Scientology" is every bit as intriguing as the plots from the "Fox Catcher" and "Spartacus", revealing Miscavige as the over-compensating, deeply insecure, petty tyrant who revels in the humiliation and suffering of his "fellow family members" like all domestic violence perpetrators. But it also explains why, like most domestic violence victims, it is so difficult to leave.If like me, you want to learn "THE REAL TRUTH" about the "Church" of Scientology, start with this book. But don't STOP with this book. Read other books and articles as I have, including COS's materials and "reprogramming" books on what differentiates a "religion" and a "cult". Only then can you arrive at YOUR personal truth on the subject. (hint: as Pulitzer Prize Winning journalist Bob Woodward said in the midst of the Watergate scandal "Follow the Money.") Most importantly, keep an open mind, but think for yourself.
Reitman has produced a very well researched investigation which is balanced and quite factual. Unlike much writing focused on religion (although Scientology hardly qualifies) Reitman doesn't seem to have any other agenda but the truth. I purchased the book with the purpose of discovering exactly what Scientology was all about. I had no knowledge of them except that I remember them hounding my father when I was a child - he made the mistake of talking to some of them. Inside Scientology provided a very useful history and expose of the movement and its founder. Starting with L. Ron Hubbard (a mercenary charlatan at best) Reitman traces the development of the 'church' from Dianetics to the global organisation that it is today. With input from current and past members she is able to piece together some of the mysteries of this dark organisation. Some of the events that she uncovers are chilling, some merely absurd. If you want a balanced, open look at Scientology this is the book. Definitely recommended.
Ok, I am not a verified purchaser of the audio version, but I wish I was. I borrowed the CD set from the library and was very impressed by Ms Reitman's level of detail. Having previously purchased the Kindle edition, this was my second read. This is a great car program for those commuters among us. Buy it!I enjoy reading many investigative works about Scientology, as it seems amazing that it continues to exist after victimizing so many people and families while hiding behind a shell of religion.Ms. Reitman obviously did a tremendous amount of research and had great access. I found it very interesting that most recently Scientology likely made more money off of real estate holdings than from new members. In may ways it is like a pyramid scheme, success dependent on bringing in new members who gan be encouraged (demanded) to give their life savings. Sad for them and for their families.I would like to see a future specific investigative work directed toward David Miscavige, and a concentrated effort to have the IRS reevaluate the tax exemption of this organization. I don't like the fact that we are all supporting this via tax deductions. I commend Ms. Reitman for writing Inside Scientology. I would also like to hear of any attempts by the organization to harass her now for doing so, and how we can fight back against this cult to avoid creation further victims. I encourage everyone to read the extensive information on web sites such as Operation Clambake, Truthaboutscientology.org, and others.
Ms. Reitman has written a thorough, well researched book on Scientology. She has references for everything in the book.After reading, and learning about the L. Ron Hubbard answer to psychiatry, I found myself comparing this to Mormonism and Hubbard to Joseph Smith. I have also read a fascinating book on Mormonism by Jon Krakauer, Under the Banner of Heaven. I highly recommend it as well.What is unusual regarding Scientology revealed by Inside Scientology is that it seems like Scientology isn't a theology. It is more like a psychiatric approach to well being. Scientologists do not worship The Lord, they pay for auditing sessions where they talk about the mind, and weird sci-fi stuff like "the thetans."If you want to discover what Travolta and Cruise consider religion, read Janet Reitman's Inside Scientology. I think that if Travolta and Cruise read it they might exit the clown car they are passengers on.
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