Community in Scientology and among Scientologists

Peter B. Andersen; Rie Wellendorf · 2009

This chapter analyzes the social setting in and around the Church of Scientology insofar as it is relevant to identify a community within Scientology and among its members.

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Peter B. Andersen; Rie Wellendorf
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2009
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Oxford University Press

This chapter analyzes the social setting in and around the Church of Scientology insofar as it is relevant to identify a community within Scientology and among its members. The Church of Scientology and its related charities is investigated to determine whether they promote integration with the society at large or whether they should be viewed as an isolated island consisting of an alternative community. It examines belief, commitment, and community among Scientologists on the basis of a survey among core Scientologists in Denmark. It uses a number of indicators of belief and social attitudes that are suitable for an analysis of individualism and utilitarian attitudes among Scientologists in Denmark - values that are lauded in Hubbard's writings. Putnam's conceptualization of social capital as either bridging or bonding is utilized as an analytical frame.

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Peter B. Andersen; Rie Wellendorf