Liselotte Frisk is a professor in Religious Studies at Dalarna University, Sweden. Sanja Nilsson is a PhD student at the University of Gothenburg. Peter Akerback is Director of Studies in the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University. Peter Akerback has a PhD in History of Religion from Stockholm University and is Director of Studies in the Department of Sociology there. His dissertation The Impermanent Religions: Collective Suicide and Salvation in Peoples Temple, Ordre du Temple Solaire and Heaven's Gate was published in Swedish in 2008. He is co-author with Liselotte Frisk of New Religiosity in Contemporary Sweden: The Dalarna Study in National and International Context published by Equinox in 2015. Sanja Nilsson is a doctoral student in Religious Studies at Dalarna University and Gothenburg University, Sweden. Her dissertation subject is children in controversial minority religions.

• Introduction Liselotte Frisk, Peter Akerback, Sanja Nilsson Section 1: General Overview and Perspectives 1. The Politicization of Children in Minority Religions: The Swedish and the European Contexts Peter Akerback 2. Children's Rights in Relation to Religion in Contemporary Sweden: Debates and Arguments Sanja Nilsson 3. Growing Up in Controversial Minority Religions: Constructions of Childhoods Liselotte Frisk Section 2: Different Groups and Different Perspectives 4. Recently Reborn: To Return as a Child of Scientologist Parents Peter Akerback 5. The Family International: A Narrative Approach Sanja Nilsson, Liselotte Frisk 6. Diana Baumrind's Parenting Styles: The Examples of the Osho Movement and Jehovah's Witnesses Liselotte Frisk 7. "I have lived all my life in a reality that doesn't exist": Perspectives from Ex-members Raised in Controversial Minoroty Religions Liselotte Frisk 8. Religion, Parenting and Child Corporal Punishment: An Example of the Twelve Tribes Liselotte Frisk 9. 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 Nilsson Section 3: Educational Perspectives 11. Learning the Principles: The Socialization of Children within the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification Peter Akerback 12. In the Rear-view Mirror: Experiences of Attending an Ashram-based Religious Minority School in Sweden Sanja Nilsson 13. Raising and Schooling Children in the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church: The Swedish Perspective Liselotte Frisk, Sanja Nilsson 14. The Waldorf Education System and Religion Liselotte Frisk 15. Applied Scholastics and Study Technology: The Educational Perspective Developed by L. Ron Hubbard Liselotte Frisk Section 4: Conclusion 16.Controversial Minority Religions and Childhoods Peter Akerback, Sanja Nilsson, Liselotte Frisk Appendices Appendix 1: Glossary of Minority Religions Discussed in the Book Liselotte Frisk, Peter Akerback, Sanja Nilsson Appendix 2: Interviews Liselotte Frisk, Peter Akerback, Sanja Nilsson

Liselotte Frisk is a professor in Religious Studies at Dalarna University, Sweden. Sanja Nilsson is a PhD student at the University of Gothenburg. Peter Akerback is Director of Studies in the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University. Peter Akerback has a PhD in History of Religion from Stockholm University and is Director of Studies in the Department of Sociology there. His dissertation The Impermanent Religions: Collective Suicide and Salvation in Peoples Temple, Ordre du Temple Solaire and Heaven's Gate was published in Swedish in 2008. He is co-author with Liselotte Frisk of New Religiosity in Contemporary Sweden: The Dalarna Study in National and International Context published by Equinox in 2015. Sanja Nilsson is a doctoral student in Religious Studies at Dalarna University and Gothenburg University, Sweden. Her dissertation subject is children in controversial minority religions.

• Introduction Liselotte Frisk, Peter Akerback, Sanja Nilsson Section 1: General Overview and Perspectives 1. The Politicization of Children in Minority Religions: The Swedish and the European Contexts Peter Akerback 2. Children's Rights in Relation to Religion in Contemporary Sweden: Debates and Arguments Sanja Nilsson 3. Growing Up in Controversial Minority Religions: Constructions of Childhoods Liselotte Frisk Section 2: Different Groups and Different Perspectives 4. Recently Reborn: To Return as a Child of Scientologist Parents Peter Akerback 5. The Family International: A Narrative Approach Sanja Nilsson, Liselotte Frisk 6. Diana Baumrind's Parenting Styles: The Examples of the Osho Movement and Jehovah's Witnesses Liselotte Frisk 7. "I have lived all my life in a reality that doesn't exist": Perspectives from Ex-members Raised in Controversial Minoroty Religions Liselotte Frisk 8. Religion, Parenting and Child Corporal Punishment: An Example of the Twelve Tribes Liselotte Frisk 9. 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 Nilsson Section 3: Educational Perspectives 11. Learning the Principles: The Socialization of Children within the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification Peter Akerback 12. In the Rear-view Mirror: Experiences of Attending an Ashram-based Religious Minority School in Sweden Sanja Nilsson 13. Raising and Schooling Children in the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church: The Swedish Perspective Liselotte Frisk, Sanja Nilsson 14. The Waldorf Education System and Religion Liselotte Frisk 15. Applied Scholastics and Study Technology: The Educational Perspective Developed by L. Ron Hubbard Liselotte Frisk Section 4: Conclusion 16.Controversial Minority Religions and Childhoods Peter Akerback, Sanja Nilsson, Liselotte Frisk Appendices Appendix 1: Glossary of Minority Religions Discussed in the Book Liselotte Frisk, Peter Akerback, Sanja Nilsson Appendix 2: Interviews Liselotte Frisk, Peter Akerback, Sanja Nilsson

Liselotte Frisk is a professor in Religious Studies at Dalarna University, Sweden. Sanja Nilsson is a PhD student at the University of Gothenburg. Peter Akerback is Director of Studies in the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University. Peter Akerback has a PhD in History of Religion from Stockholm University and is Director of Studies in the Department of Sociology there. His dissertation The Impermanent Religions: Collective Suicide and Salvation in Peoples Temple, Ordre du Temple Solaire and Heaven's Gate was published in Swedish in 2008. He is co-author with Liselotte Frisk of New Religiosity in Contemporary Sweden: The Dalarna Study in National and International Context published by Equinox in 2015. Sanja Nilsson is a doctoral student in Religious Studies at Dalarna University and Gothenburg University, Sweden. Her dissertation subject is children in controversial minority religions.

• Introduction Liselotte Frisk, Peter Akerback, Sanja Nilsson Section 1: General Overview and Perspectives 1. The Politicization of Children in Minority Religions: The Swedish and the European Contexts Peter Akerback 2. Children's Rights in Relation to Religion in Contemporary Sweden: Debates and Arguments Sanja Nilsson 3. Growing Up in Controversial Minority Religions: Constructions of Childhoods Liselotte Frisk Section 2: Different Groups and Different Perspectives 4. Recently Reborn: To Return as a Child of Scientologist Parents Peter Akerback 5. The Family International: A Narrative Approach Sanja Nilsson, Liselotte Frisk 6. Diana Baumrind's Parenting Styles: The Examples of the Osho Movement and Jehovah's Witnesses Liselotte Frisk 7. "I have lived all my life in a reality that doesn't exist": Perspectives from Ex-members Raised in Controversial Minoroty Religions Liselotte Frisk 8. Religion, Parenting and Child Corporal Punishment: An Example of the Twelve Tribes Liselotte Frisk 9. 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 Nilsson Section 3: Educational Perspectives 11. Learning the Principles: The Socialization of Children within the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification Peter Akerback 12. In the Rear-view Mirror: Experiences of Attending an Ashram-based Religious Minority School in Sweden Sanja Nilsson 13. Raising and Schooling Children in the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church: The Swedish Perspective Liselotte Frisk, Sanja Nilsson 14. The Waldorf Education System and Religion Liselotte Frisk 15. Applied Scholastics and Study Technology: The Educational Perspective Developed by L. Ron Hubbard Liselotte Frisk Section 4: Conclusion 16.Controversial Minority Religions and Childhoods Peter Akerback, Sanja Nilsson, Liselotte Frisk Appendices Appendix 1: Glossary of Minority Religions Discussed in the Book Liselotte Frisk, Peter Akerback, Sanja Nilsson Appendix 2: Interviews Liselotte Frisk, Peter Akerback, Sanja Nilsson