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Title: Growing Up in A New Religious Movement: A Study of the Second Generation of The Family


1
Growing Up in A New Religious Movement A Study
of the Second Generation of The Family
2
The Second Generation
  • Second Generation is the future of new religious
    movements (NRMs)
  • Will they adopt or question their parents
    ideals?
  • How do they feel about being in a NRM?

3
Who is The Family?
  • Founded in 1968 as the Children of God
  • Early Christians
  • Communal living
  • Dedicated to spreading the Word of God
  • Current membership of 12,000 world wide

4
David Berg (1919 1994)
  • Founder and absolute leader
  • Modern day prophet from God
  • Spoke to his people through MO Letters

5
Beliefs and Practices
  • Communal Living
  • Combos, Teen Homes
  • Perception of the Outside
  • Us vs. Them
  • Education
  • End-time
  • Discipline
  • Corporal Punishment
  • Silence Restriction

6
Sexual Practices
  • Sexual beliefs followed Bergs
  • Sex and Christianity
  • MO Letters
  • One Wife (1972)
  • Flirty Little Fish (1974)
  • The Devil Hates Sex but God Loves It! (1980)

7
Sexual Practices Concerning Children
  • Sexual acts among children
  • Sexual acts between adults and children
  • Publications
  • Book of Davidito (late 1970s)
  • Basic Training Handbook (1986)
  • Heavens Girl (late 1980s)

8
The Love Charter
  • Published in 1995 new leadership
  • Changes in Practices
  • Second-generation
  • Education
  • Sex

9
Methods
  • Criteria
  • Former second-generation members
  • Interviews
  • Face to face
  • Phone
  • Email

10
Sample Demographics
  • 12 Subjects
  • 4 Female 8 Male
  • Current Ages 19 30
  • All Caucasian except for one Asian
  • Nine of the participants mentioned having been
    sexually abused before the age of 18
  • Three of the participants mentioned being
    physically abused
  • Six of the participants have family or close
    friends who are still members

11
Themes
  • Relationship with Parents
  • Relationship with Siblings
  • Relationship with Relatives
  • Adjusting to a New Life

12
Relationship with ParentsSeparation From Parents
  • Living Situation
  • Combos
  • Everyone is family
  • When a Parent leaves the Family
  • Back-sliders
  • Minimal to no contact allowed

13
Relationship with ParentsCommunication after
leaving the Family
  • Parents are still in the Family
  • Conflicting Beliefs
  • Minimal Contact
  • Starting a New Life
  • Parents are out of the Family
  • Parents show no Remorse
  • Parents show Remorse
  • Hard to forgive

14
Relationship with Siblings
  • While in the Family
  • Separation
  • After leaving the Family
  • Siblings still in the Family
  • Different views and beliefs
  • Siblings out of the Family
  • Provide Support

15
Relationship with Relatives
  • Separated from Relatives outside of the Family
  • Hard to Rebuild Relationships once Subjects left
    the Family
  • Lack of Extended Family Network
  • Support for Subjects if Relationship was healthy

16
Adjusting to Mainstream Society
  • Going into the System
  • Relating with non-members
  • Sharing their experiences with non-members
  • Lacking Necessary Skills
  • A child is raised in a communist sex cult and
    brainwashed into believing that the Family
    lifestyle is superior to that of the outside
    world. At age 13, after a lifetime of isolation,
    indoctrination and abuse, he is allowed to attend
    a public high school.

17
Conclusion
  • Effects of the Family on Relationships
  • Adjusting
  • Feeling about the Family
  • What could have helped

18
Acknowledgements
  • Participants in my Study
  • Dr. Ben Feinberg
  • Dr. Siti Kusujiarti
  • My mother

Ricky Rodriguez (1975-2005)
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