its theology.[72] Scholars have also varyingly described it as a "psychotherapeutically oriented religion",[73] a "secularized religion",[74] a "postmodern religion",[75] a "privatized religion",[76] and a "progressive-knowledge" religion.[77] According to scholar of religion Mary Farrell Bednarowski, Scientology describes itself as drawing on science, religion, psychology and philosophy but "had been claimed by none of them and repudiated, for the most part, by all".[78]
Government bodies and other institutions maintain that the Scientology organization is a commercial business that falsely claims to be religious,[79] or alternatively a form of therapy masquerading as religion. [80] The French government characterises the movement as a dangerous cult, and the German government monitors it as an anti-democratic sect.[36][37][38][39]
The notion of Scientology as a religion is strongly opposed by the anti-cult movement.[81] Its claims to a religious identity have been particularly rejected in continental Europe.[55] Grünschloß writes that labelling Scientology a religion does not mean that it is "automatically promoted as harmless, nice, good, and humane".[82]
Etymology
The word Scientology, as coined by Hubbard, is a derivation from the Latin word scientia ("knowledge", "skill"), which comes from the verb scīre ("to know"), with the suffix -ology, from the Greek λόγος lógos ("word" or "account [of]").[83][84] Hubbard claimed that the word "Scientology" meant "knowing about knowing or science of knowledge".[85] The name "Scientology" deliberately makes use of the word "science",[86] seeking to benefit from the "prestige and perceived legitimacy" of natural science in the public imagination.[87] In doing so, Scientology has been compared to religious groups like Christian Science and the Science of Mind, which employed similar tactics.[88]
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