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This is a bibliography of works critical of Scientology and the Church of Scientology .
Between 1954 and 2020, only four English-language scholarly monographs have been published about Scientology (Wallis 1977 [1976]; Whitehead 1987; Urban 2011; Westbrook 2019).[ 1] apostate memoirs : books written by ex-members about their experiences within the Church of Scientology (CoS).[ 1] L. Ron Hubbard .[ 1] [ 2] [ 1]
Ali's Smile: Naked Scientology William S. Burroughs Arrows in the Dark: A True Story of Intrigue and Espionage from the Church of Scientology's #1 Spy (2015) by Merrell Vannier[ 3] ISBN 9781508534075 Bare-faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard Russell Miller [ 1] Believe What You Like: What happened between the Scientologists and the National Association for Mental Health C. H. Rolph Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape Jenna Miscavige Hill [ 1] ISBN 9780062248473 A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology Mike Rinder ISBN 9781982185763 Blown for Good: Behind the Iron Curtain of Scientology [ 1] The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion Hugh Urban [ 1] The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology [ 1] Counterfeit Dreams: One Man's Journey into and Out of the World of Scientology (2010) by Jefferson Hawkins [ 4] ISBN 9780615375649 Cults of Unreason Christopher Evans OL 5438675M Damaged Lives: the Legacy of Scientology (2012) by Margery WakefieldA Doctor's Report on Dianetics Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science Martin Gardner Fair Game: The Incredible Untold Story of Scientology in Australia (2016) by Steve Cannane . ISBN 9780733331329 [ 5] Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief Lawrence Wright [ 1] Have You Told All? Inside my Time with Narconon and Scientology (2013) by Lucas Catton[ 1] ISBN 0615768725 Hollywood Undercover: Revealing the Sordid Secrets of Tinseltown Ian Halperin Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon - The Case Against Celebrity Andrew Breitbart & Mark Ebner Inside Scientology: How I Joined Scientology and Became Superhuman Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion [ 1] I Survived! Overcoming Abuse, Scientology and Life in General (2019) by Margery WakefieldL. Ron Hubbard, Messiah or Madman? Bent Corydon and Ronald DeWolf [ 1] The Mind Benders Cyril Vosper My Billion Year Contract: Memoir of a Former Scientologist (2009) by Nancy Many[ 1] ISBN 0578039222 OL 25424752M The New Believers David V. Barrett Nineteen Eighty-Four, My Journey Into Scientology's Innermost Secrets - And Out Again (Norwegian : Nittenåttifire, Min vei inn i Scientologiens innerste hemmeligheter - og ut igjen ) (2013) by Geir Isene [ 6] ISBN 9788282820592 A Piece of Blue Sky: Scientology, Dianetics, and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed [ 1] A Queer and Pleasant Danger: A Memoir (2012) by Kate Bornstein [ 1] ISBN 9780807001653 OL 25139468M Religion Inc. The Church of Scientology ISBN 0245543341 OL 2080316M Renunciation and Reformulation: A Study of Conversion in an American Sect (1987) by Harriet Whitehead[ 1] ISBN 0801418496 OL 2722663M The Road to Total Freedom: A Sociological Analysis of Scientology Roy Wallis [ 1] The Road to Xenu: Life Inside Scientology (1991) by Margery WakefieldRuthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me Ron Miscavige (with Dan Koon)[ 1] The Scandal of Scientology Paulette Cooper Scientology: Abuse At the Top (2010) by Amy Scobee ISBN 9780692008010 [ 7] [ 8] Scientology: The Now Religion OL 5444962M Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography Andrew Morton Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology Leah Remini The Unbreakable Miss Lovely : How the Church of Scientology tried to destroy Paulette CooperTony Ortega ISBN 9781511639378 Understanding Scientology: The Demon Cult (2009) by Margery Wakefield
Notes
1965
Anderson Report
Australia, Board of Inquiry into Scientology [ 9]
1969
Dumbleton–Powles Report
New Zealand, Commission of Inquiry into the Hubbard Scientology organisation [ 10]
1970
Lee Report
Canada, Sectarian Healers and Hypnotherapy [ 11]
1971
Foster Report
United Kingdom, Enquiry into the Practice and Effects of Scientology [ 12]
1972
The Kotzé Report
South Africa, Report of the Commission of Enquiry into Scientology [ 13]
Investigative reporting [ edit ]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Cusack, Carole M. (2020). "Apostate Memoirs and the Study of Scientology in the Twenty-First Century" . Implicit Religion . 23 (2). Religious Studies Project: 1– 7. doi :10.1558/imre.19164 . S2CID 233568700 . Retrieved 13 February 2022 .^ Gordon, W. J. (1993). "A Property Right in Self-Expression: Equality and Individualism in the Natural Law of Intellectual Property" . The Yale Law Journal . 102 (7). The Yale Law Journal Company, Inc.: 1535. doi :10.2307/796826 . hdl :2144/22947 JSTOR 796826 . S2CID 52237361 . Retrieved 13 February 2022 . ^ Cobb, Douglas (25 May 2015). " . Guardian Liberty Voice . ^ ^ Cusack, Carole (2017). "Review of Steve Cannane, Fair Game: The Incredible Untold Story of Scientology in Australia" . Nova Religio . 20 (4): 106– 108. doi :10.1525/nr.2017.20.4.106 . ^ "Lansering av Nittenåttifire" . litteraturhuset.no . Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2024 .^ n:Author Amy Scobee recounts abuse as Scientology executive (Wikinews)^ Ortega, Tony (22 August 2011). "The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, No. 18: Amy Scobee" . The Village Voice the original on 27 February 2019.^ Anderson, Kevin Victor (1965). "Report of the Board of Inquiry into Scientology" . Government Printer, Melbourne.html version )^ Powles, Guy ; Dumbleton, E. V. (30 June 1969). Hubbard Scientology Organisation in New Zealand and Any Associated Scientology Organisation or Bodies in New Zealand (PDF) (Report). Wellington: Commission of Inquiry . OCLC 147661 – via Australasian Legal Information Institute .html version )^ ^ Foster, John (December 1971). "Enquiry into the Practice and Effects of Scientology" . Her Majesty's Stationery Office , London.MH 153/606 (html version ) See also Foster Report .^ Kotzé, G.P.C. (9 June 1972). Report of the Commission of Enquiry into Scientology for 1972 (Report). Republic of South Africa. RP 55/1973 (The Kotzé Report). ^ Stafford, Charles; Orsini, Bette (1979). "Scientology: An in-depth profile of a new force in Clearwater" (PDF) . St Petersburg Times . Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2007. "The 1980 Pulitzer Prize Winner in National Reporting" . The Pulitzer Prizes ^ "From the Archives: The Scientology Story : A sixteen-part series" . Los Angeles Times . 1990.^ Behar, Richard (6 May 1991). "Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power" . Time the original on 25 May 2014.^ ^ Childs, Joe; Tobin, Thomas C (2009). "Inside Scientology: High-ranking defectors provide an unprecedented inside look at the Church of Scientology and its leader, David Miscavige" (PDF) . Digital Newsbook (215 pages) . St. Petersburg Times . Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 March 2023.
