Independent Theological and Sociological Studies of Scientology

Personality Changes in Scientologists: Effects of Membership
Michael W. Ross, Ph.D
Dept. of Psychiatry
Flinders University of Southern Australia

Scientology, Social Science and the Definition of Religion
James A. Beckford, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
University of Warwick
United Kingdom

Scientology A Comparison with Religions of the East and West
Per-Arne Berglie
Professor, History of Religion
University of Stockholm
Sweden

Is Scientology A Religion?
Alan W. Black
Associate Professor of Sociology
University of New England
New South Wales
Australia

Is Scientology a Religion?
Gary D. Bouma, Ph.D.
Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology
Monash University, Clayton,
Victoria, Australia

Scientology A New Religion
M. Darrol Bryant, Ph.D.
Professor of Religion and Culture
University of Waterloo
Ontario, Canada

Scientology- A Religion in South Africa
David Chidester
Professor of Comparative Religion
University of Cape Town
South Africa

Religious Toleration and Religious Diversity
Bryan Wilson, Ph.D.
Reader Emeritus
Oxford University
United Kingdom

Scientology: The Now Religion
by George Malko
Delacorte Press, New York
U.S.A.

Scientology: It's Place in History
Bryan Wilson, Ph.D.
Reader Emeritus
Oxford University
United Kingdom

Scientology
Régis Dericquebourg
Professor, Sociology of Religion
University of Lille III
France

Scientology- The Marks of Religion
Frank K. Flinn, Ph.D.
Professor in Religious Studies
Washington University
Saint Louis, Missouri
U.S.A.

Scientology and Contemporary Definitions of Religion in the Social Sciences
Alejandro Frigerio, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
Cathothic University of Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Religious Status of Scientology
Irving Hexham, Ph.D.
Professor of Religious Studies
University of Calgary

Scientology - A New Religion
Samuel S. Hill, Ph.D.
Professor of Religion
County of Watauga
North Carolina, U.S.A.

Religious Liberty in Europe
Prof.  Massimo Introvigne
Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR)
Turin, Italia

Scientology: Teachings and Practices
Hermann Phillips
former Scientologist

Is Scientology a Religion - A Report of Research
Dean M. Kelley
Counselor on Religious Liberty
National Council of Churches  of Christ
U.S.A.

The Religious Nature of Scientology
Geoffrey Parrinder, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Comparitive Study of Religions
University of London
United Kingdom

The Church of Scientology
Juha Pentikainen, Ph.D.
Marja Pentikainen
MSC Helsinki
Finland

Scientology A New Religion
Herbert Richardson, Ph.D.
Professor of Religious Studies
University of Toronto
Ontario, Canada

Scientology Its Historical & Morphological Frame
Dario Sabbatucci
Professor of History of Religions
University of Rome
Rome, Italy

The Relationship Between Scientology and Other Religions
Mr. Fumio Sawada
Eighth Holder of the Secrets
of Yu-itsu Shinto

Scientology - A Way of Spiritual Self-Identification
Michael A. Sivertsev
Expert Advisor on International Matters
to the Committee of the Russian Federation

Reliability of Apostate Testimony & New Religious Movements
Lonnie Kliever, Ph.D.
Professor of Religious Studies
Southern Methodist University
U.S.A.

A Short Study of the Scientology Religion
J. Gordon Melton
Director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion
County of Cook, Illinois
U.S.A.

Apostates and New Religious Movements
Bryan Wilson, Ph.D.
Reader Emeritus
University of Oxford
United Kingdom

Scientology and the New Age
Dr. Josef Wolf
Professor at Charles University in Prague
Czech Republic

Religious Philosophy, Religion and Church
G. C. Oosthuizen, Th.D.
Professor, Dept. of Science of Religion
University of Durban-Westville,
South Africa

L. Ron Hubbard & Scientology
Annotated Bibliographical Survey of Primary & Secondary Literature
Marco Frenschkowski
University of Mainz
Germany