বৃহস্পতিবার, ৩০ এপ্রিল, ২০১৫
The Basis For The New HBO Documentary. A National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist.
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. Brilliantly researched, compellingly written, Going Clear pulls back the curtain on one of the most secretive organizations at work today.
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সোমবার, ২০ এপ্রিল, ২০১৫
No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam is a 2005 non-fiction book written by Iranian-American Muslim scholar Reza Aslan. The book describes the history of Islam and argues for a liberal interpretation of the religion. It blames Western imperialism and self-serving misinterpretations of Islamic law by past scholars for the current controversies within Islam,challenging the 'clash of civilizations' thesis.
After 9/11 the book that climbed the bestseller lists was Bernard Lewis’ execrable What Went Wrong?, a book that painted the Arab-Muslim world as a hotbed of degenerate anarchy. A year prior to the 9/11 attacks, the great theologian and religious historian Karen Armstrong wrote a brilliant precis of Islam for the Modern Library Chronicles series that gave the educated reader a clear picture of the complex history and inner workings of Islam in a studious and measured way which reflected more the measured approach of Albert Hourani than the racist ethnocentrism of Bernard Lewis.
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