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Children in Minority Religions - Growing up in Controversial Religious (Hardcover)
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Children in Minority Religions - Growing up in Controversial Religious (Hardcover)
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Minority religions that differ from the mainstream are often
perceived as controversial and as a threat to the individual and to
society. During the 1970s and 80s, there were intense discussions
about whether conversion to these groups was voluntary or an effect
of brainwashing or manipulation. In recent years, however, the
situation of children in these groups has taken over the public
debate regarding minority religions. Many believe that childhoods
in cults involve physical and psychological abuse, and that severe
punishment, starvation, sexual abuse, manipulation, forced
obedience, lack of medical care and demonization of the outside
world is part of everyday life. This book presents four years of
research. Its purpose is to highlight children's upbringing in
certain minority religions with a high degree of "sectarian"
criteria in a sociological sense including high tension with
society/world, unique legitimacy and high level of commitment. The
study examines mainly, but not exclusively, seven minority
religious communities: The Hare Krishna movement, The Family
International (formerly Children of God), The Church of
Scientology, The Family Federation (formerly The Unification
Church), Knutby Filadelfia (a Pentecostal group), The Exclusive
Brethren, and Jehovah's Witnesses. The fieldwork was conducted in
Sweden, but the situation of the children and the findings are
relevant to other countries. Most of the minority groups discussed
have an international character with a presence in many countries,
with only minor differences depending on local circumstances. The
study is based on literature from the religions and observations of
children and parents in religious rituals and daily life. However,
the most important material for the book are eighteen in-depth
interviews with children between the ages of 8 and 17 living in
these groups and seventy-five in-depth interviews with adults who
grew up in minority religions and who are still involved, who grew
up in minority religions, but are not now engaged, and who raised
children in the minority religions.
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