An analysis of the religious nature of Scientology by Dr.Gary D. Bouma, sociologist of religion.

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.

Josef Wolf looks into various Scientology beliefs, and how Scientology compares with other new and mainstream religions.

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.

An analysis of the Scientology religion by Michael A. Sivertsev, expert adviser on international matters to the Committee of the Russian Federation

A short study on the religious nature of Scientology, by Dr. Samuel S. Hill.

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. Herbert Richardson summarizes a study he did of the Church of Scientology and why it should be classified as a religion.

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.

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.

Dr. Alan W. Black examines Scientology against "seven dimensions of religion" and finds all to be present in it.

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.

J. Gordon Melton's study and findings on the Church of Scientology.