Academic Books
Among the Scientologists: History, Theology, and Praxis (Oxford University Press, 2019)
L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology Studies (Cambridge University Press, 2022)
Anticultism in France (Cambridge University Press, 2024)
Mariachi in the Twenty-First Century (Cambridge University Press, 2024)
Praise for Academic Books
Among the Scientologists
“Highly recommended” (Outstanding Academic Title Award) —Choice Reviews
“This book is a magnificent testimony to [Westbrook’s] years of labor. It should be required reading for anyone approaching Scientology for research purposes, but it is also very accessible and would provide the casually interested reader with hours of discovery about Scientology.” —Nova Religio
“Westbrook's treatment raises Scientology studies to an entirely new level.” —Temenos: Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion
L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology Studies
“While this volume will be of interest to all Scientology scholars, given its wealth of practical advice and bibliographic and archival resources, L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology Studies will be particularly useful for graduate students contemplating projects on this prominent and controversial new religion.” —Nova Religio
“The book in the Cambridge Elements series may one day be remembered as the first textbook of ‘Scientology Studies 2.0.’” —Bitter Winter
Anticultism in France
“Donald A. Westbrook has emerged in recent years as the most notable exponent of a new generation of scholars who specialize in the study of Scientology.” —Nova Religio
“This remarkable book returns in detail to the history of Scientology in France, since the late 1950s. The author traces how our religion has become a major target for anti-religious people in France. It is not only a story of persecution, but also of our resilience in the face of these adversities. With an extraordinary appendix, a historical chronology of 22 pages that is undoubtedly the most complete ever made by an academic.” —Rev. Eric Roux, Global Council Chair, United Religions Initiative and Vice President of the European Office of the Church of Scientology for Public Affairs and Human Rights
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