The world’s foremost experts in the fields of comparative religion, history of religion, religious studies and sociology agree that Scientology is a world religion. Because of their interest in major and emerging world religions, distinguished scholars have published numerous studies, opinions and papers testing Scientology against a list of world-religion norms by which they judge any religion. Although these experts and scholars proceed from their unique cultural background and method of analysis, they have all independently concluded that Scientology possesses the requisite elements and characteristics of a bona fide religion.
William Sims Bainbridge Associate Professor of Sociology Harvard University
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William S. Bainbridge
James A. Beckford Professor of Sociology
University of Warwick, England
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Thierry Becourt President, Institute of “Psychanimie”, France
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Per-Arne Berglie Professor of History of Religion, University of Stockholm
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Petro B. T. Bilaniuk Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, University of St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto
Honorary Canon of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv
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Alan W. Black Associate Professor of Sociology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
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John Francis Bodycomb Lecturer, United Faculty of Theology, Ormond College, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Marvin Bordelon President
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Serge Bornstein Neuropsychiatrist
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Alain Bouchard Sociologist of Religion
College of Sainte-Foy
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Gary D. Bouma Professor, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Pratima Bowes Chair of Religious Studies,
University of Sussex, England
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Hans Brockard Scientific Assistant, Institute for Christian Ideology and Philosophy of Religion, University of Munich
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David G. Bromley Professor of Sociology, Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Virginia
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M. Darrol Bryant Department of Religious Studies, Renison College, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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David Chidester Professor of Comparative Religion, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Friedrich Cornelius Commissioner for the teaching of antique religious history, University of Munich
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Roger-Philippe Budin Professor of Religion, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Jean Carbonnier Professor of Law, University of Paris, President of Scientific Council of the Center of Sociology of Protestantism, University of Human Sciences, Strasbourg
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Dorthe Refslund Christensen Assoc Professor of Cultural Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark
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Michel de Certeau Professor of Theology, Catholic Institute of Paris, and Professor of Religious Anthropology, University of Paris
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R. Matthew Charet Department of Religion,
University of Sydney, Australia
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Mari-Dominique Chenu Professor of Catholic Theology, Dominican Order, France
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Bishop Pierre de Chersonese Moscow Patriarchate, Paris
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Michael Clampitt University of Alberta, Calgary
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Derek Davis Director, J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies,
Baylor University, Texas
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Michel de Juglart Professor, University of Law, Paris
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Régis Dericquebourg Professor of Sociology of Religion, University of Lille III, France
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Alejandro Frigerio Professor of Sociology, Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires
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Karel Dobbelaere Professor of Sociology of Religion, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
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John Drury Professor of Religious Studies, University of Sussex, England
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Father Bernard Dupuy Director, Istina Study Center, Paris
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Asbjorn Dyrendal Chief Assistant Professor, Religious Science Institute, Department of Religious Studies, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Trondheim
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Silvio Ferrari Professor of Ecclesiastical Law,
Milan University
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Professor F. Finocchiaro Professor of Ecclesiastical Law, University La Sapienza, Rome
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Frank K. Flinn Adjunct Professor in Religious Studies, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
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Role within the Church of Scientology
Benjamin Cebollada Forcano Congress of Theology, Madrid
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Urban Forell Professor of History of Religion, University of Copenhagen
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Marco Frenschkowski Evangelical theologist and pastor, Evangelical Church in Hessia and Nassau
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Urbano Alonso Galan Professor of Philosophy and Theology, Gregorian University of Rome
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Jean Gaudemet Honorary professor, University of Law, Economics and Social Sciences, Paris II; Director, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Section 17: Religious Sciences, Sorbonne; professor, Canon Law Institute, University of Strasbourg
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Apostolos Gerontas Deputy Professor of Administrative Law, Thrace University and Xenophon Contiades, Deputy Professor of Public Law, Thrace University
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Father Yves de Gibon Delegate, Archbishop of Paris
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Anders Hagstedt Professor of Religious Studies of Stockholm University
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Harri Heino Professor of Theology,
University of Tampere, Finland
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Irving Hexham Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Regent College, Vancouver
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Samuel S. Hill Professor of Religion,
University of Florida
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D.M. Himbury Professor of Church History,
Whitley College, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Olle Hjern Chairman, Association of Religious History, Stockholm University
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Denis Huisman President, Commission for Information of New Social Contact, Paris
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Arild Hvidtfeldt Religious Historian and Sociologist, University of Copenhagen
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Massimo Introvigne Director, CESNUR, Center for Studies on New Religions, Rome
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Benjamin Ippolito Director, Notarial Center of Professional Formation of the Court of Appeal, Paris
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Kingsley Joblin Professor of Religious Studies, University of Toronto
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Danny L. Jorgensen Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of South Florida
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A Very New American Religion
Dean Kelley Counselor on Religious Liberty, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA
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David Kinsley Professor of Religious Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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Lonnie Kliever Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
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Dominique Kounkou President, Council of Christian Communities of African Expression in Europe, theologian and sociologist of religion, University of Paris X
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Dionisio Llamazares Fernandez University Complutense de Madrid
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Kenneth Leaver Principal, Parkin Congregational Theological College, Adelaide, Australia
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M.I. Makhutou Chairman of Experts Council, Tatarstan, Russia
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Heinz Mayer Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Vienna
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Stoddard Martin Author and Religious Scholar
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Felipe Martinez Medrano National Autonomous University Mexico City
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Harry McSorley Professor of Religious Studies, University of Toronto
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J. Gordon Melton Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion
Santa Barbara, California
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The Sea Organization
Dimitris Melissas Professor and Secretary of Board of Directors of Center for European Constitutional Law, Athens
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Neil Alfred Nilsson Senior Lecturer, Social Sciences, Flinders University, South Australia
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K. Obermayer Professor, State Administrative Law and Church Law, University of Erlangen, Nürnberg
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P. Manuel Olimon Nolasco Catholic Priest and Scholar
Mexico
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G.C. Oosthuizen Professor of Science of Religion, University of Durban-Westville
Natal, South Africa
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Geoffrey Parrinder Methodist minister, Professor, Comparative Study of Religions, University of London
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Jorgen Pedersen Lecturer, University of Copenhagen, Institute of Ecclesiastical History
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James Penton Professor of History of Religious Studies, University of Lethbridge
Alberta, Canada
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Juha Pentikäinen Professor and Chair, Department of the Study of Religions, University of Tampere, Finland
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Bertil Persson Director of St. Ephrems Institute for Oriental Studies, Stockholm
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Leo Pfeffer Professor of Constitutional Law and Chair, Department of Political Science, Long Island University, New York, and Special Counsel to American Jewish Congress
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Herbert Richardson Professor of Religious Studies, University of Toronto
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Jacques Robert Professor of Public Law,
President, University of Paris II
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Michael Ross Department of Psychiatry, Flinders University Medical School of South Australia
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David Rosser-Owen President, Association of British Muslims
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Mikael Rothstein Associate Professor of Religion, University of Copenhagen
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Noel J. Ryan Minister of Religion and Principal, Jesuit Theological College, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Dario Sabbatucci Professor of History of Religions, University of Rome
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Fumio Sawada Eighth holder of the secrets of Yu-itsu Shinto, the oldest religion in Japan; President, Ahlul-Bait Center
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Heinrich Scholler Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Munich
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Oluf Schonbeck Religious scholar, Copenhagen
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Michael Sivertsev Chairman for New Religions
Board of Cooperation with Religious Organisations
Federation Council of Russian Federation
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Richard Singelenberg Cultural Anthropologist,
Utrecht University, Netherlands
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S.S. Sobolev President, Academy of Philosophy and Theology, Moscow External Humanitarian University; Chair on Religions and Cults
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Michalis Stathopoulos Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Athens
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Leland Stewart Author and Minister, Universalist Church of America
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Thanassis Theodorou Lawyer and scholar, History of Religions, Sorbonne University
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Dimitrios Tsatsos Founder, University Institute of Law of Political Parties in Hagen; Founder, European Foundation of Constitutional Law in Athens
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Patrick Vincelet Consultant to French Ministry of Health; Vice President, Association of French Speaking Psychologists for the Defective
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Christiaan Vonck Rector, Faculty for Comparative Study of Religion, Antwerp, Belgium
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L. Voye Professor of Sociology of Religion, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
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Harriet Whitehead Sociologist, Cornell University
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Bryan Ronald Wilson Reader Emeritus in Sociology, University of Oxford
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Geir Winje Lecturer on Religion, Vestfold University College, Norway
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Josef Wolf Assistant Professor in the Anthropology of Religion, Charles University, Prague
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