The logo belongs to the controversial ... the message of the new-age religion. “It’s a history L Ron Hubbard himself laid into Scientology — to share what wisdom we possess, to help others ...

July 1952: "Scientology: A History of Man" published. February 1954: Church of Scientology founded in Los Angeles. 1956: The church is granted U.S. federal tax-exempt status. 1959: Hubbard moved ...

The Church of Scientology has launched what it says is the "largest and most comprehensive" public relations blitz in its 43-year history.

Scientology, which calls itself a religious philosophy, was founded in 1952 by the science fiction writer L Ron Hubbard. The American, who died in 1986 aged 74, wrote that he believed that human ...