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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
019982780X
ISBN-13
9780199827800
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038729705
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Perfect Children : Growing Up on the Religious Fringe
Publication Year
2015
Subject
General, Christian Life / Family, Cults
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
12.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2014-015980
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Perfect Children is a fine demonstration of the continuing relevance of [New Religious Movements] studies and, in its broad coverage, works well as an introduction to some of the key research themes in the field."--Titus Hjelm, Journal of Religion in Europe "Scholars interested in the fields of communalism/cultism, religion (traditional and new religious movements), and sociology-in particular, childhood and family studies-will find her work informative. A major strength of the work is the author's comparative analysis, which incorporates related fields such as human rights, self-realization, literature, education, mind control/brainwashing, women's studies, minority studies, and the power of the internet. Yet, the work is also for lay readers and young people who communicate via online chat sessions. It speaks to the notion of family and to everyone who struggles to belong."--Joanne Hurlbut, Nova Religio "This is a very good book. It is clearly written with a mass of empirical data carefully analyzed and located within a number of theoretical frameworks. I recommend it not only to scholars of new religious movements for whom it is a must, but also to anyone interested in the dynamics of the socialization of children in minority religions or in nonreligious groups that are on the fringe of society."--Sociology of Religion "Perfect Children is an insightful and sometimes disturbing study of youth growing up in new or sectarian religious movements. The author shows us that the experimental project of rearing "perfect children" comes with a very imperfect road map. With the best of intentions and noblest of spiritual pursuits, the introduction of children into the group changes everything. Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist offers us a window into the intimate lives of these offspring, with all the trials, challenges, and choices they face. This work is a unique and vital contribution to the research literature on new religions."--Stuart Wright, Professor of Sociology, Lamar University "This is a ground-breaking study in an important, emerging area in the sociology of new religions: a study of the children born into these movements." --Reading Religion, "The book overall breaks new ground in an under-researched area... This is a must-read for everyone in the field." -- Lukas Pokorny, Religious Studies Review"Perfect Children is a fine demonstration of the continuing relevance of [New Religious Movements] studies and, in its broad coverage, works well as an introduction to some of the key research themes in the field."--Titus Hjelm, Journal of Religion in Europe"Scholars interested in the fields of communalism/cultism, religion (traditional and new religious movements), and sociology-in particular, childhood and family studies-will find her work informative. A major strength of the work is the author's comparative analysis, which incorporates related fields such as human rights, self-realization, literature, education, mind control/brainwashing, women's studies, minority studies, and the power of the internet. Yet, the work is also for lay readers and young people who communicate via online chat sessions. It speaks to the notion of family and to everyone who struggles to belong."--Joanne Hurlbut, Nova Religio"This is a very good book. It is clearly written with a mass of empirical data carefully analyzed and located within a number of theoretical frameworks. I recommend it not only to scholars of new religious movements for whom it is a must, but also to anyone interested in the dynamics of the socialization of children in minority religions or in nonreligious groups that are on the fringe of society."--Sociology of Religion"Perfect Children is an insightful and sometimes disturbing study of youth growing up in new or sectarian religious movements. The author shows us that the experimental project of rearing "perfect children" comes with a very imperfect road map. With the best of intentions and noblest of spiritual pursuits, the introduction of children into the group changes everything. Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist offers us a window into the intimate lives of these offspring, with all the trials, challenges, and choices they face. This work is a unique and vital contribution to the research literature on new religions."--Stuart Wright, Professor of Sociology, Lamar University "This is a ground-breaking study in an important, emerging area in the sociology of new religions: a study of the children born into these movements." --Reading Religion, "The book overall breaks new ground in an under-researched area... This is a must-read for everyone in the field." -- Lukas Pokorny, Religious Studies Review "Perfect Children is a fine demonstration of the continuing relevance of [New Religious Movements] studies and, in its broad coverage, works well as an introduction to some of the key research themes in the field."--Titus Hjelm, Journal of Religion in Europe "Scholars interested in the fields of communalism/cultism, religion (traditional and new religious movements), and sociology-in particular, childhood and family studies-will find her work informative. A major strength of the work is the author's comparative analysis, which incorporates related fields such as human rights, self-realization, literature, education, mind control/brainwashing, women's studies, minority studies, and the power of the internet. Yet, the work is also for lay readers and young people who communicate via online chat sessions. It speaks to the notion of family and to everyone who struggles to belong."--Joanne Hurlbut, Nova Religio "This is a very good book. It is clearly written with a mass of empirical data carefully analyzed and located within a number of theoretical frameworks. I recommend it not only to scholars of new religious movements for whom it is a must, but also to anyone interested in the dynamics of the socialization of children in minority religions or in nonreligious groups that are on the fringe of society."--Sociology of Religion "Perfect Children is an insightful and sometimes disturbing study of youth growing up in new or sectarian religious movements. The author shows us that the experimental project of rearing "perfect children" comes with a very imperfect road map. With the best of intentions and noblest of spiritual pursuits, the introduction of children into the group changes everything. Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist offers us a window into the intimate lives of these offspring, with all the trials, challenges, and choices they face. This work is a unique and vital contribution to the research literature on new religions."--Stuart Wright, Professor of Sociology, Lamar University "This is a ground-breaking study in an important, emerging area in the sociology of new religions: a study of the children born into these movements." --Reading Religion, "Perfect Children is an insightful and sometimes disturbing study of youth growing up in new or sectarian religious movements. The author shows us that the experimental project of rearing "perfect children" comes with a very imperfect road map. With the best of intentions and noblest of spiritual pursuits, the introduction of children into the group changes everything. Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist offers us a window into the intimate lives of these offspring, with all the trials, challenges, and choices they face. This work is a unique and vital contribution to the research literature on new religions."--Stuart Wright, Professor of Sociology, Lamar University "This is a ground-breaking study in an important, emerging area in the sociology of new religions: a study of the children born into these movements." --Reading Religion, "This is a very good book. It is clearly written with a mass of empirical data carefully analyzed and located within a number of theoretical frameworks. I recommend it not only to scholars of new religious movements for whom it is a must, but also to anyone interested in the dynamics of the socialization of children in minority religions or in nonreligious groups that are on the fringe of society."--Sociology of Religion "Perfect Children is an insightful and sometimes disturbing study of youth growing up in new or sectarian religious movements. The author shows us that the experimental project of rearing "perfect children" comes with a very imperfect road map. With the best of intentions and noblest of spiritual pursuits, the introduction of children into the group changes everything. Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist offers us a window into the intimate lives of these offspring, with all the trials, challenges, and choices they face. This work is a unique and vital contribution to the research literature on new religions."--Stuart Wright, Professor of Sociology, Lamar University "This is a ground-breaking study in an important, emerging area in the sociology of new religions: a study of the children born into these movements." --Reading Religion, "The book overall breaks new ground in an under-researched area... This is a must-read for everyone in the field." -- Lukas Pokorny, Religious Studies Review"Perfect Children is a fine demonstration of the continuing relevance of [New Religious Movements] studies and, in its broad coverage, works well as an introduction to some of the key research themes in the field."--Titus Hjelm, Journal of Religion in Europe"Scholars interested in the fields of communalism/cultism, religion (traditional and new religious movements), and sociology-in particular, childhood and family studies-will find her work informative. A major strength of the work is the author's comparative analysis, which incorporates related fields such as human rights, self-realization, literature, education, mind control/brainwashing, women's studies, minority studies, and the power of the internet. Yet,the work is also for lay readers and young people who communicate via online chat sessions. It speaks to the notion of family and to everyone who struggles to belong."--Joanne Hurlbut, Nova Religio"This is a very good book. It is clearly written with a mass of empirical data carefully analyzed and located within a number of theoretical frameworks. I recommend it not only to scholars of new religious movements for whom it is a must, but also to anyone interested in the dynamics of the socialization of children in minority religions or in nonreligious groups that are on the fringe of society."--Sociology of Religion"Perfect Children is an insightful and sometimes disturbing study of youth growing up in new or sectarian religious movements. The author shows us that the experimental project of rearing "perfect children" comes with a very imperfect road map. With the best of intentions and noblest of spiritual pursuits, the introduction of children into the group changes everything. Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist offers us a window into the intimate lives of theseoffspring, with all the trials, challenges, and choices they face. This work is a unique and vital contribution to the research literature on new religions."--Stuart Wright, Professor of Sociology, LamarUniversity"This is a ground-breaking study in an important, emerging area in the sociology of new religions: a study of the children born into these movements." --Reading Religion, "Perfect Children is an insightful and sometimes disturbing study of youth growing up in new or sectarian religious movements. The author shows us that the experimental project of rearing "perfect children" comes with a very imperfect road map. With the best of intentions and noblest of spiritual pursuits, the introduction of children into the group changes everything. Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist offers us a window into the intimate lives of these offspring, with all the trials, challenges, and choices they face. This work is a unique and vital contribution to the research literature on new religions."--Stuart Wright, Professor of Sociology, Lamar University, "Scholars interested in the fields of communalism/cultism, religion (traditional and new religious movements), and sociology-in particular, childhood and family studies-will find her work informative. A major strength of the work is the author's comparative analysis, which incorporates related fields such as human rights, self-realization, literature, education, mind control/brainwashing, women's studies, minority studies, and the power of the internet. Yet, the work is also for lay readers and young people who communicate via online chat sessions. It speaks to the notion of family and to everyone who struggles to belong."--Joanne Hurlbut, Nova Religio "This is a very good book. It is clearly written with a mass of empirical data carefully analyzed and located within a number of theoretical frameworks. I recommend it not only to scholars of new religious movements for whom it is a must, but also to anyone interested in the dynamics of the socialization of children in minority religions or in nonreligious groups that are on the fringe of society."--Sociology of Religion "Perfect Children is an insightful and sometimes disturbing study of youth growing up in new or sectarian religious movements. The author shows us that the experimental project of rearing "perfect children" comes with a very imperfect road map. With the best of intentions and noblest of spiritual pursuits, the introduction of children into the group changes everything. Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist offers us a window into the intimate lives of these offspring, with all the trials, challenges, and choices they face. This work is a unique and vital contribution to the research literature on new religions."--Stuart Wright, Professor of Sociology, Lamar University "This is a ground-breaking study in an important, emerging area in the sociology of new religions: a study of the children born into these movements." --Reading Religion
Dewey Decimal
200.83
Table Of Content
Part I: Sects and Their ChildrenIntroduction1. Sects, Children, and Society2. Leadership and Discipline3. Points of Conflict: The Children of God and the StatePart II: What Happened?: The Aftermath of Growing Up in a Sectarian Group4. What Is Perceived as Successful Socialization?5. The Young Members Who StayPart III: The Young Members Who Leave6. Support7. In The WildernessConclusionNotesIndex
Synopsis
Children born and raised on the religious fringe are a distinctive yet largely unstudied social phenomenon. They are irreversibly shaped by the experience, having been thrust into radical religious cultures that often believe children to be endowed with heightened spiritual capabilities. The religious group is all encompassing: it accounts for their family, their school, social networks, and everything that prepares them for their adult life. Using research gathered from over fifty in-depth interviews, Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist explores the lives of individuals born into new religious groups, some of whom have stayed in these groups, and some of whom have left. The groups she considers include the Bruderhof, Scientology, the Family International, the Unification Church, and the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. The book draws on the author's visits to these groups, their schools and homes, and support websites maintained by those who left the religious groups that raised them. It also details her experiences at conferences held by NGOs concerned with the welfare of children in "cults." The arrival of a second generation of participants in new religious movements raises new concerns and legal issues. Whether they stay or leave, children raised on the religious fringe experience a unique form of segregation in adulthood. Perfect Children examines the ways these movements adapt to a second generation, how children are socialized, what happens to these children as they mature, and how their childhoods have affected them. Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist is the deputy director of Inform, a non-profit information center specializing in minority religious movements, spiritualities, and fringe political movements, based at the London School of Economics and Political Science in London. As part of her work, she has encountered and researched a range of topics and issues dealing with minority and/or new religions., Children born and raised on the religious fringe are a distinctive yet largely unstudied social phenomenon. They are irreversibly shaped by the experience, having been thrust into radical religious cultures that often believe children to be endowed with heightened spiritual capabilities. The religious group is all encompassing: it accounts for their family, their school, social networks, and everything that prepares them for their adult life.Using research gathered from over fifty in-depth interviews, Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist explores the lives of individuals born into new religious groups, some of whom have stayed in these groups, and some of whom have left. The groups she considers include the Bruderhof, Scientology, the Family International, the Unification Church, and the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. The book draws on the author's visits to these groups, their schools and homes, and support websites maintained by those who left the religious groups that raised them. It also details her experiences at conferences held by NGOs concerned with the welfare of children in "cults."The arrival of a second generation of participants in new religious movements raises new concerns and legal issues. Whether they stay or leave, children raised on the religious fringe experience a unique form of segregation in adulthood. Perfect Children examines the ways these movements adapt to a second generation, how children are socialized, what happens to these children as they mature, and how their childhoods have affected them.Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist is the deputy director of Inform, a non-profit information center specializing in minority religious movements, spiritualities, and fringe political movements, based at the London School of Economics and Political Science in London. As part of her work, she has encountered and researched a range of topics and issues dealing with minority and/or new religions., Van Eck Duymaer van Twist examines ways in which new religious movements adapt to a second generation, how children are socialized, what happens to these children as they mature, and how their childhoods have affected them., Children born and raised on the religious fringe are a distinctive yet largely unstudied social phenomenon -they are irreversibly shaped by the experience having been thrust into a radical religious culture by birth. The religious group is all encompassing. It accounts for their family, their school, social networks, and everything that prepares them for their adult life. The inclusion of a second generation of participants raises new concerns and legal issues. Perfect Children examines the ways new religious movements adapt to a second generation, how children are socialized, what happens to these children as they mature, and how their childhoods have affected them.Amanda van Twist conducted over 50 in-depth interviews with individuals born into new religious groups, some of whom have stayed in the group, some of whom have left. She also visited the groups, their schools and homes, and analyzed support websites maintained by those who left the religious groups that raised them. She also attended conferences held by NGOs concerned with the welfare of children in "cults." The main groups she studies include the Bruderhof, Scientology, the Family International, the Unification Church, and the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.Children born into new religions often start life as "special children" believed to be endowed with heightened spiritual capabilities. But as they mature into society at large they acquire other labels. Those who stay in the group are usually labeled as "goodies" and "innovators". Those who leave tend to be labeled as "baddies" or seen as "troubled." Whether they stay or leave, children raised on the religious fringe experience a unique form of segregation in adulthood.Van Twist analyzes group behavior on an organizational/institutional level as well as individual behavior within groups, and how these affect one another. Her study also raises larger questions about religious freedom in the light of the State's responsibility towards children, and children's rights against the rights of parents to raise their children within their religion.
LC Classification Number
BP603.V35 2015
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