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Going Clear
A work of Non-fiction by Lawrence Wright
Subgenres:
- Investigative Journalism,
- True Crime,
- Religion & Spirituality
This book is for you if you're into...
- Deep dives into secretive organizations and their power plays
- Behind-the-scenes looks at celebrity involvement in controversial movements
- Investigative reporting that questions the boundaries of religion
Scientology presents itself as a scientific approach to spiritual enlightenment, but its practices have long been shrouded in mystery. Now Lawrence Wright—armed with his investigative talents, years of archival research, and more than two hundred personal interviews with current and former Scientologists—uncovers the inner workings of the church.
We meet founder L. Ron Hubbard, the highly imaginative but mentally troubled science-fiction writer, and his tough, driven successor, David Miscavige. We go inside their specialized cosmology and language. We learn about the church's legal attacks on the IRS, its vindictive treatment of critics, and its phenomenal wealth. We see the church court celebrities such as Tom Cruise while consigning its clergy to hard labor under billion-year contracts.
Through it all, Wright asks what fundamentally comprises a religion, and if Scientology in fact merits this Constitutionally-protected label.
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