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kenfriend7 said:
Here are 24 articles by religious scholars on Scientology, and eight articles on related subjects, in as many places as I could find them. I don't know if you have all these already, but I thought you might find this collection helpful.

"Scientology, An Analysis and Comparison of its Religious Systems and Doctrines"
Bryan R. Wilson, Ph.D. Oxford University
http://theology.scientology.org/eng/pdf/scientology-10-analysis.pdf
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/collection/Scientology/pointI.htm

"Scientology, The Marks of a Religion"
Frank K. Flinn, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor in Religious Studies,
Washington University Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Flinn/index.htm
http://theology.scientology.org/eng/pdf/scientology-11-marks-religion.pdf
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/flinn01.pdf

"Scientology, Its Cosmology, Anthropology, System of Ethics & Methodologies"
Régis Dericquebourg, Professor, Sociology of Religion
University of Lille III, Lille, France
http://theology.scientology.org/eng/pdf/scientology-12-methodologies.pdf
Also under the title, "Scientology"
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Dericquebourg/index.htm
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/dericquebourg01.pdf

"Scientology, An Analysis and Review of a New Religion"
M. Darrol Bryant, Ph. D., Professor of Religion and Culture
Renison College, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
http://theology.scientology.org/eng/pdf/scientology-13-new-religion.pdf

Also under the title, "Scientology: A New Religion"
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Bryant/index.htm
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/bryant01.pdf

Also under the title, "The Religious Nature of Scientology"
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/ReligiousNature/index.htm

"Scientology And Contemporary Definitions of Religion in the Social Sciences"
Alejandro Frigerio, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Sociology
Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://www.qualifiedscientology.org/
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/frigerio01.pdf
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Frigerio/index.htm

"Scientology, A True Religion"
Urbano Alonso Galan, Doctor in Philosophy and Licenciate in Theology
Gregorian University and Saint Bonaventure Pontifical Facutly, Rome
http://theology.scientology.org/eng/pdf/scientology-15-true-religion.pdf

"Scientology, The Relationship Between Scientology and Other Religions"
Fumio Sawada, Eighth Holder of the Secrets of Yu-itsu Shinto
http://theology.scientology.org/eng/pdf/scientology-16-other-religions.pdf
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/sawada01.pdf
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/SAWADA/index.htm

"Scientology, Social Science and the Definition of Religion"
James A. Beckford, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick, England
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Beckford/index.htm

"Scientology: A Comparison with Religions of the East and West"
Per-Arne Berglie, Professor, History of Religion
University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Berglie/index.htm
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/berglie01.pdf

"Is Scientology a Religion?"
Alan W. Black, Associate Professor of Sociology
University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Black/index.htm
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/black01.pdf

"Scientology: Its True Nature"
Harri Heino, Professor of Theology
University of Tempere, Helsinki, Finland
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/heino01.pdf

"Is Scientology a Religion?"
A Report of Research by Dean M. Kelley, Counselor on Religious Liberty
National Counsel of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/kelly01.pdf
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Kelley/rsv2.htm

"Religious Philosophy, Religion and Church"
G.C. Oosthuizen, Th.D., Professor (Retired), Dept. of Science of Religion
University of Durban-Westville, Natal, South Africa
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/oosthuizer01.pdf
http://www.emanationinc.com/oost/

"The Religious Nature of Scientology"
Geoffrey Parrinder, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Comparative Study of Religions, University of London, England
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/parrinder01.pdf
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Parrinder/index.htm
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/ThreeExpertises/ba7.htm

"Scientology Its Historical­Morphological Frame"
Dario Sabbatucci, Professor of History of Religions
University of Rome, Rome, Italy
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/sabbatucci01.pdf
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Sabbatucci/index.htm

"Scientology A Way of Spiritual Self­Indentification"
Michael A. Sivertsev, Ph.D., Chairman for New Religions
Board of Cooperation with Religious Organisations, Office of the Russian President
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/sivertsev01.pdf
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Sivertsev/index.htm

"Scientology and Religion"
Christiaan Vonck, Ph. D.,
Faculty for Comparative Study Of Religions, Antwerp, Belgium
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/vonck01.pdf

"The Church of Scientology"
Juha Pentikainen, Ph.D., Marja Pentikainen, MSC
Helsinki, Finland
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/pentikainen01.pdf
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Pentikainen/index.htm

"Is Scientology a Religion?
Gary D. Bouma, Ph.D., Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/bouma/index.htm

"Scientology- A Religion in South Africa
David Chidester, Professor of Comparative Religion
University of Cape Town, South Africa
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Chidester/index.htm

"Scientology - A New Religion"
Samuel S. Hill, Ph.D., Professor of Religion
County of Watauga, North Carolina, U.S.A.
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/hill/page01.htm
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/ThreeExpertises/ba9.htm

"Scientology and the New Age"
Dr. Josef Wolf
Professor at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Wolf/index.htm

"Scientology A New Religion"
Herbert Richardson, Ph.D., Professor of Religious Studies
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Richardson/index.htm

"A Short Study of the Scientology Religion"
J. Gordon Melton, Methodist Minister, Ph.D. in the History and Literature of Religions
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/melton/page01.htm
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/ThreeExpertises/ba8.htm


"A Contemporary Ordered Religious Community: The Sea Organization"
by J. Gordon Melton, Ph.D. in the History and Literature of Religions
http://www.cesnur.org/2001/london2001/melton.htm

"The Church of Scientology’s Rehabilitation Project Force"
A Study by Juha Pentikäinen (Chair of the Department of the Study of Religions, University of Helsinki, Finland), Jurgen F.K. Redhardt, and Michael York (Bath Spa University College)
http://www.cesnur.org/2002/scient_rpf_01.htm

"Religious Toleration and Religious Diversity"
Bryan Wilson, Ph.D., Oxford University, United Kingdom
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/collection/diversity/index.htm

"Social Change and New Religious Movements"
Bryan Ronald Wilson, Ph.D., University of Oxford, England
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/wilson03.pdf

"Religious Liberty in Europe"
Prof. Massimo Introvigne
Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), Turin, Italia
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Introvigne/index.htm

"L. Ron Hubbard & Scientology, Annotated Bibliographical Survey of Primary & Secondary Literature"
Marco Frenschkowski, University of Mainz, Germany
http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/frenschkowski.html

"The Reliability of Apostate Testimony about New Religious Movements"
Lonnie D. Kliever, Dr. Phil., Professor of Religious Studies
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/kliever01.pdf
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Kliever/start.htm

"Apostates and New Religious Movements"
Bryan Ronald Wilson, Ph.D., University of Oxford, England
http://www.scientologytoday.org/experts/eng/wilson01.pdf
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/Wilson/index.htm