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47 DePaul L. Rev. 85 (1997-1998)
Scientology in Court: A Comparative Analysis and Some Thoughts on Selected Issues in Law and Religion

handle is hein.journals/deplr47 and id is 95 raw text is: SCIENTOLOGY IN COURT: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AND SOME THOUGHTS ON SELECTED ISSUES IN LAW AND RELIGION Paul Horwitz* INTRODUCTION ................................................. 86 I. THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY ........................ 89 A . D ianetics ............................................ 89 B . Scientology .......................................... 93 C. Scientology Doctrines and Practices ................. 95 II. SCIENTOLOGY AT THE HANDS OF THE STATE: A COMPARATIVE LOOK ................................. 102 A . United States ........................................ 102 B . England ............................................. 110 C . A ustralia ............................................ 115 D . G erm any ............................................ 118 III. DEFINING RELIGION IN AN AGE OF PLURALISM ........ 127 A. The Move From Deity-Based to Functional D efinitions .......................................... 129 B. Single-Factor Tests .................................. 131 C. Multiple-Factor Tests ................................ 134 D. An Analogical Approach ............................ 137 E. A Proposed Definition .............................. 140 IV. FRAUD AND NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS ............. 143 V. CONCLUSION: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND COMPARATIVE LAW .................... 150 * LL.M. 1997, Columbia University; LL.B. 1995, University of Toronto; M.S. 1991, Columbia University; B.A. 1990, McGill University. I am grateful to Kent Greenawalt, the members of his seminar on church-state issues, and Paul Michell for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this Article; to Peter Leube; and to the editors of the DePaul Law Review for their assistance in preparing the paper for publication.

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