3. Growing Up in Controversial Minority Religions: Constructions of Childhoods
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | 3. Growing Up in Controversial Minority Religions: Constructions of Childhoods - Children in Minority Religions |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Liselotte Frisk; Dalarna University; Sweden |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Religion |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | Religion; cult; children; childhood; Sweden; Hare Krishna; Family International; Scientology; Family Federation; Knutby Filadelfia; Exclusive Brethren; Jehovah's Witnesses |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | Religion; Alternative belief systems; Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults and sects; |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | This chapter discusses in an overview manner socialization, identity construction, and the daily life of children in the minority religions in focus in the present book: The Hare Krishna movement, The Family (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. Different patterns, structures, and different kinds of constructions of childhoods are discussed. The material is based on life narrative interviews with about 60 adults who grew up in these groups in Sweden. The sample consists of interviewees who decided to join the religious groups of their parents, as well as those who decided not to, and parents who have brought up children in the different groups. The method used is that of narrative analysis and thematic analysis |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 26-Feb-2018 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/32369 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.32369 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Children in Minority Religions |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
Sweden, 1970s to contemporary |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |