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Teams of volunteer ministers offer aid at disaster sites like Haiti and the World Trade Center.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But Scientology is also a very closed faith, harassing journalists and others through litigation and intimidation, even infiltrating high levels of the government to further its goals. Its attacks on psychiatry and its requirement that believers pay as much as tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars for salvation have drawn scrutiny and skepticism. Ex-members use the internet to share stories of harassment and abuse.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Reitman offers the first full journalistic history of the Church of Scientology in an even-handed account that establishes the truth about the controversial religion. She traces Scientology's development from the birth of Dianetics to today, following its metamorphosis from a pseudoscientific self-help group to a global spiritual corporation with profound control over its followers and ex-followers. 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Reitman tells a spellbinding story of a larger-than-life personality whose quirks, ticks and charisma shaped America s newest homegrown religious movement.  Washington Post \u003cbr\u003eScientology is known for its celebrity believers and its team of volunteer ministers at disaster sites such as the World Trade Center; its notably aggressive response to criticism or its attacks on psychiatry; its requirement that believers pay as much as hundreds of thousands of dollars to reach the highest levels of salvation. But for all its notoriety, Scientology has remained America s least understood new religion, even as it has been one of its most successful. \u003cbr\u003eNow Janet Reitman tells its riveting full story in the first objective modern history of Scientology, at last revealing the astonishing truth about life within the controversial religion for its members and ex-members. Based on five years of research, confidential documents, and extensive interviews with current and former Scientologists, this is an utterly compelling work of nonfiction and the defining work on an elusive faith. \u003cbr\u003e A meticulously researched history and revealing expose, a frightening portrait of a religion that many find not just controversial, but dangerous. Boston Globe  \u003cbr\u003e This book is fearless. Wall Street Journal  \u003cbr\u003eA New York Times Notable Book\u003cbr\u003eAmazon.com Best Books of 2011, Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle Top Ten of 2011 \u003cbr\u003e[insert author photo] JANET REITMAN is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone. Her work has appeared in GQ, Men s Journal, the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, and the Washington Post, among other publications. 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