Children in Minority Religions

Liselotte Frisk is a professor in Religious Studies at Dalarna University, Sweden.Sanja Nilsson is a PhD student at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.Peter Akerback is Director of Studies in the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University, Sweden.

• IntroductionLiselotte Frisk, Sanja Nilsson and Peter AkerbackSection 1: General Overview and Perspectives1. The Politicization of Children in Minority Religions: The Swedish and the European ContextsPeter Akerback 2. Children's Rights in Relation to Religion in Contemporary Sweden: Debates and ArgumentsSanja Nilsson3. Growing Up in Controversial Minority Religions: Constructions of Childhoods Liselotte Frisk Section 2: Different Groups and Different Perspectives4. Recently Reborn: To Return as a Child of Scientologist ParentsPeter Akerback5. The Family International: A Narrative Approach Liselotte Frisk and Sanja Nilsson6. Diana Baumrind's Parenting Styles: The Examples of the Osho Movement and Jehovah's WitnessesLiselotte Frisk 7. "I have lived all my life in a reality that doesn't exist": Perspectives from Ex-members Raised in Controversial Minority Religions Liselotte Frisk 8. Religion, Parenting and Child Corporal Punishment: The Example of the Twelve Tribes Liselotte Frisk9. Medicine and Healthcare in Controversial Minority Religions: Perspectives from Medical Anthropology Liselotte Frisk 10. The Charismatic Leader in Knutby Filadelfia: The Children's Perspective Sanja NilssonSection 3: Educational Perspectives11. Learning the Principles: The Socialization of Children Within the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification Peter Akerback12. In the Rear-view Mirror: Experiences of Attending an Ashram-based Religious Minority School in Sweden Sanja Nilsson13. Raising and Schooling Children in the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church: The Swedish Perspective Liselotte Frisk and Sanja Nilsson14. The Waldorf Education System and ReligionLiselotte Frisk15. Applied Scholastics and Study Technology: The Educational Perspective Developed by L. Ron HubbardLiselotte Frisk Section 4: Conclusion16. Conclusion: Controversial Minority Religions and Childhoods Liselotte Frisk, Sanja Nilsson and Peter AkerbackAppendix 1: Glossary of Minority Religions Discussed in the BookAppendix 2: Interviews