ReligiousTolerance.org posts information about the Church of Scientology.

An explanation of Scientology beliefs and practices can be found in “Scientology: The Marks of Religion,” which was written by Frank Flinn, an adjunct professor of religious studies at Washington University in St. Louis.

The Religious Movements Homepage Project provides extensive information and links on Scientology.

The “What is Scientology?” website explains the religion’s origins, principles, services and more. It also features a glossary of terms.

The website of the Church of Scientology International includes a wide range of information, as well as links to Scientology resources. Contact through the website.

Douglas Cowan is an associate professor of religious studies at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. He is an expert on the neo-pagan community and has written about the community’s use of the Internet to communicate and share ideas about faith and rituals. He has also published about Mormonism and evangelical practice in North America […]

Hugh B. Urban is a professor of comparative studies at Ohio State University in Columbus. He contributed a chapter about Osho to Gurus in America.

James R. Lewis is a lecturer in religious studies in the philosophy department at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He is the editor of Scientology (March 2009), described as a comprehensive examination of the church’s theology, growth and controversies.

Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard was also a science fiction writer. Read an overview of the movement’s development (posted by the Religious Movements Homepage Project at the University of Virginia), beginning with its launch after an article in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in 1950 promoted Hubbard’s book Dianetics.