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Beyond Belief

Hill, Jenna Miscavige; Pulitzer, Lisa

A memoir by Jenna Miscavige Hill recounting her experiences growing up in the Church of Scientology, from childhood indoctrination through the Sea Organization to her eventual departure and critical reflection on the church's practices.

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God & Work

What this book knows

Raised inside Scientology's Sea Org, Jenna Miscavige Hill maps how total institutional control hollows out selfhood, family, and the capacity to doubt.

Sex: Absent
Work: Present
Learning: Present
Religion: Primary

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self-and-identity

The longer I was out, the more I came to understand that my life had been owned by the Church.
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He had a humanity hidden much of the time… these tender moments were going to become fewer and farther between.
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obedience-and-authority

Suddenly, everywhere around us, we could see not the rules we had to obey, but the freedoms they made us give up.
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They were trying to take something that belonged to Dallas and me… they felt entitled to take it.
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trauma-and-survival

My family was coming apart at the seams. 'This is the Sea Org, and that is just the way things are.'
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Mom and Dad stayed as long as they could, but urgent phone calls from Int meant they were unable to stay past dinner.
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