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• - Josef Wolf looks into various Scientology beliefs, and how Scientology compares with other new and mainstream religions.
  
• - Analysis of Scientology against current criteria for classification of religions, by Dean M. Kelley who was an executive of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
  
• - A comparison of the Church of Scientology against certain criteria to determine whether or not it is a religion, presented by Per-Arne Berglie, Professor of History of Religion, University of Stockholm.
  
• - A study on the Church of Scientology by the Chair of the Department of Study of Religions, University of Helsinki and the Executive Chief of the Foreigners' Office of the City of Tampere, Finland.
  
• - A short study on the religious nature of Scientology, by Dr. Samuel S. Hill.
  
• - An analysis of the religious nature of Scientology by Dr.Gary D. Bouma, sociologist of religion.
  
• - Study on Scientology by Calvinist, South African, professor of religion, laying the groundwork for Scientology's ultimate recognition by his government as a religion in the year 2000.
  
• - By Steven A. Kent. Revised version of a presentation given to 27th Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag. Argues that Scientology is a multifaceted transnational having religion as only one component.
  
• - J. Gordon Melton's study and findings on the Church of Scientology.
  
• - Stephen A. Kent examines Scientology's claims to similarities with Eastern religions.
  
• - An analysis of the Scientology religion by Michael A. Sivertsev, expert adviser on international matters to the Committee of the Russian Federation
  
• - Dr. Herbert Richardson summarizes a study he did of the Church of Scientology and why it should be classified as a religion.
  
• - An overview of the way religions are using cyberspace, focusing particularly on the Church of Scientology.
  
• - A graduate student in social psychology considers the techniques of influence used by the Church of Scientology in recruiting new followers.
  
• - An expertise by James A. Beckford, Ph.D.University of Warwick, England, outlining the religious traditions of Scientology and its parallels to the Hindu and Buddhist religions.
  
• - Dr. Parrinder, Methodist Minister and Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions University of London, on the controversy as to whether Scientology is a religion.
  
• - Paper on the religious heritage of Scientology by David Chidester, Professor of Comparative Religion, University of Cape Town, South Africa.