Another of the forms in which religion is currently defined in the social sciences is in the analytic manner, that is, characterizing it by the different ways in which the religion manifests itself. From this perspective there is considered to exist considerable consensus among all religions regarding the forms through which the religious person expresses his religiosity, by which it becomes possible to establish those aspects which constitute such religiosity. These aspects include:

a) Sharing the beliefs which constitute the body of doctrine of the group; b) Participating in rituals and acts of devotion; c) Experiencing direct contact with ultimate reality; d) Acquiring religious information and e) Experiencing changes or results in quotidian life derived from the other aspects of religiosity (Stark and Gluck 1985).

From this point of view to ask if Scientology constitutes a religion is the equivalent of investigating if the Church of Scientology as an institution expects that its adherents will be religious, which is to say that they manifest religiosity in the different ways which are considered universal.