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==Early history== | ==Early history== | ||
[[File:L-Ron-Hubbard.jpg|300px|thumb|L. Ron Hubbard in Los Angeles, California in 1950]] | [[File:L-Ron-Hubbard.jpg|300px|thumb|L. Ron Hubbard in Los Angeles, California in 1950]] | ||
Hubbard initially developed a set of ideas that he called Dianetics, which he represented as a form of therapy. This he promoted through various publications, as well as through the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation that he established in 1950. The foundation soon entered bankruptcy, and Hubbard lost the rights to his book Dianetics in 1952. He then recharacterized the subject as a religion and renamed it Scientology, retaining the terminology, doctrines, and the practice of "auditing". | Hubbard initially developed a set of ideas that he called ''Dianetics'', which he represented as a form of therapy. This he promoted through various publications, as well as through the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation that he established in 1950. The foundation soon entered bankruptcy, and Hubbard lost the rights to his book ''Dianetics'' in 1952. He then recharacterized the subject as a religion and renamed it Scientology, retaining the terminology, doctrines, and the practice of "auditing". | ||
By 1954, he had regained the rights to Dianetics and retained both subjects under the umbrella of the Church of Scientology. | By 1954, he had regained the rights to ''Dianetics'' and retained both subjects under the umbrella of the Church of Scientology. | ||
==Beliefs== | ==Beliefs== | ||