L. Ron Hubbard

Lafayette Ronald "L. Ron" Hubbard, (13 Maret 1911 – 24 Januari 1986 ) (/ˈhʌbərd/ HUB-ərd)[2] yang sering disebut dengan inisialnya LRH, adalah seorang pengarang Amerika dan pendiri Gereja Scientology. Setelah menghimpun karier sebagai penulis, menjadi dikenal karena cerita-cerita fiksi ilmiah dan fantasi buatannya, ia mengembangkan sebuah sistem yang disebut Dianetics yang pertama kali mucnul dalam bentuk buku pada Mei 1950.

L. Ron Hubbard
Hubbard di Los Angeles, 1950
LahirLafayette Ronald Hubbard
(1911-03-13)13 Maret 1911
Tilden, Nebraska, Amerika Serikat
Meninggal24 Januari 1986(1986-01-24) (umur 74)
Creston, California, Amerika Serikat
PendidikanGeorge Washington University (keluar pada 1932)
PekerjaanPengarang, pemimpin agama
Dikenal atasPendiri Scientology dan gerejanya
Karya terkenalDianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
Battlefield Earth
Kekayaan bersihUS$600 juta[1]
Gugatan kejahatanPencurian (pada 1948),
Penipuan (in absentia, 1978)
Hukuman kriminalDenda ₣35,000 dan empat tahun penjara (tak dijalani)
Suami/istriMargaret "Polly" Grubb (1933–1947)
Sara Northrup Hollister (1946–1951)
Mary Sue Whipp (1952–1986)
Anak7:

Dengan Margaret Grubb:

  • L. Ron Hubbard Jr.* (d. 1991)
  • Katherine May Hubbard*

Dengan Sara Hollister

  • Alexis Hubbard*

Dengan Mary Sue Whipp:

  • Quentin Hubbard (d. 1976)
  • Diana Hubbard
  • Suzette Hubbard
  • Arthur Hubbard*
* Dikucilkan dari keluarga
KerabatJamie DeWolf (cicit)
Tanda tangan

Catatan
  1. Von Dehsen, Christian D. "L. Ron Hubbard," in Philosophers and religious leaders, p. 90. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999. ISBN 978-1-57356-152-5
  2. Church of Scientology International. L. Ron Hubbard: A Profile. Diakses tanggal November 26, 2012.

Referensi
  • Atack, Jon. A Piece of Blue Sky: Scientology, Dianetics, and L. Ron Hubbard exposed. Carol Publishing Group, 1990. ISBN 978-0-8184-0499-3, OCLC 20934706
  • Behar, Richard Pushing Beyond the U.S.: Scientology makes its presence felt in Europe and Canada
  • Bromley, David G. "Making Sense of Scientology: Prophetic, Contractual Religion," in Lewis, James R. (ed.), Scientology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-533149-3 OCLC 232786014
  • Christensen, Dorthe Refslund. "Inventing L. Ron Hubbard: On the Construction and Maintenance of the Hagiographic Mythology of Scientology's Founder," pp. 227–258 in Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard: Controversial new religions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-19-515683-6, OCLC 53398162, available through Oxford Scholarship Online, DOI:10.1093/019515682X.003.0011
  • Evans, Christopher. Cults of Unreason. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974. ISBN 0-374-13324-7, OCLC 863421
  • Gardner, Martin. Fads and fallacies in the name of science. New York: Courier Dover Publications, 1957. ISBN 978-0-486-20394-2, OCLC 18598918
  • Jacobsen, Jeff Day, Robert RJ. What the Church of Scientology Doesn't Want You To Know
  • Lamont, Stewart. Religion Inc.: The Church of Scientology. London: Harrap, 1986. ISBN 978-0-245-54334-0, OCLC 23079677
  • Malko, George. Scientology: The Now Religion. New York: Delacorte Press, 1970. OCLC 115065
  • Melton, J. Gordon. Encyclopedic handbook of cults in America. Taylor & Francis; 1992. ISBN 978-0-8153-1140-9
  • Miller, Russell. Bare-faced Messiah: the true story of L. Ron Hubbard. London: Joseph, 1987. ISBN 0-7181-2764-1, OCLC 17481843
  • O'Brien, Helen. Dianetics in Limbo: A Documentary About Immortality. Philadelphia: Whitmore Publishing, 1966. OCLC 4797460
  • Pendle, George. Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons. Orlando, FL: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006. ISBN 978-0-15-603179-0, OCLC 55149255
  • Reitman, Janet. "Inside Scientology," pp. 305–348 of American Society of Magazine Editors (Ed.) The Best American Magazine Writing 2007. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-231-14391-2, OCLC 154711228
  • Reitman, Janet. Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. ISBN 978-0-618-88302-8, OCLC 651912263
  • Rolph, Cecil Hewitt Believe What You Like: what happened between the Scientologists and the National Association for Mental Health. London: Deutsch, 1973. ISBN 978-0-233-96375-4, OCLC 815558
  • Rothstein, Mikael. "Scientology, scripture and sacred traditions," in Lewis, James R.; Hammer, Olav (eds.): The invention of sacred tradition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-86479-4, OCLC 154706390
  • Streeter, Michael. Behind closed doors: the power and influence of secret societies. London: New Holland Publishers, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84537-937-7, OCLC 231589690
  • Streissguth, Thomas. Charismatic cult leaders. Minneapolis: The Oliver Press, 1995. ISBN 978-1-881508-18-2, OCLC 30892074
  • Tucker, Ruth A. Another Gospel: Cults, Alternative Religions, and the New Age Movement. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004. ISBN 978-0-310-25937-4, OCLC 19354219
  • Wallis, Roy. The road to total freedom: a sociological analysis of Scientology. New York: Columbia University Press, 1977. ISBN 978-0-231-04200-0, OCLC 2373469
  • Whitehead, Harriet. Renunciation and reformulation: a study of conversion in an American sect. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1987. ISBN 978-0-8014-1849-5, OCLC 14002616
  • Winter, Joseph A. A Doctor's Report on Dianetics: Theory and Therapy. New York: Julian Press, 1951. OCLC 1572759

Pranala luar
Wikiquote memiliki koleksi kutipan yang berkaitan dengan: L. Ron Hubbard.
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai L. Ron Hubbard.
Sites run by Church of Scientology International
Publishers' sites
  • Author Services Inc. Publisher of L. Ron Hubbard's fiction
  • Bridge Publications Inc. Publisher of L. Ron Hubbard's Scientology and Dianetics works
  • Writers of the Future A contest founded in the early 1980s by L. Ron Hubbard to encourage upcoming fiction and fantasy writers
Further mention of Hubbard
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.