Church of Scientology
Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Church of Scientology is cataloged as a New religious movement within Modern Spiritual Movements. Its candidate country context is “United States” and its period or origin is “1950s–present.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Twentieth-century new religious movements and self-help systems.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Church of Scientology; Scientology; Dianetics movement
- Parent tradition
- Twentieth-century new religious movements and self-help systems
- Public geographic context
- United States
- Period / origin
- 1950s–present
- Living / historical status
- Active and controversial
- Access / protocol
- Varies by lineage
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateUnited States
This record also has global, transnational, diaspora, textual or doctrinal context and is not reduced to one country.
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
Where to read more
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Related Atlas entries
Stable attribution
Cite this record
Church of Scientology. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 0712. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/0712
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