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A group picture with the Twelve Tribes after interviews were conducted by Susan Palmer, Bernadette Rigal-Celard, and Shane Dussault
A group picture with the Twelve Tribes after interviews were conducted by Susan Palmer, Bernadette Rigal-Celard, and Shane Dussault
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One of the regular morning and evening meetings ('mincha') with the Twelve Tribes, with dance, music, sharing, and praying.
One of the regular morning and evening meetings ('mincha') with the Twelve Tribes, with dance, music, sharing, and praying.
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The Twelve Tribes in Nelson, B.C., run a trust-based farmstand.
The Twelve Tribes in Nelson, B.C., run a trust-based farmstand.
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Shannon Clusel (left), Susan J. Palmer (center), and Andrew Ames (right)
Shannon Clusel (left), Susan J. Palmer (center), and Andrew Ames (right)
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The Director of this project, Dr. Susan J. Palmer (bottom left) with a group of scholars who were invited to the FBI's headquarters in Quantico to offer advice on millenarian groups "acting up" on the eve of 2000. Top row, left to right: Catherine Wessinger, James T. Richardson, Jane Hogan, Eileen Barker (Collaborator on this project), Massimo Introvigne. Bottom row from left: Susan J. Palmer and J. Gordon Melton (Collaborator on this project).
The Director of this project, Dr. Susan J. Palmer (bottom left) with a group of scholars who were invited to the FBI's headquarters in Quantico to offer advice on millenarian groups "acting up" on the eve of 2000. Top row, left to right: Catherine Wessinger, James T. Richardson, Jane Hogan, Eileen Barker (Collaborator on this project), Massimo Introvigne. Bottom row from left: Susan J. Palmer and J. Gordon Melton (Collaborator on this project).
Susan J. Palmer was a Speaker at the 2018 UFO Congress
Susan J. Palmer was a Speaker at the 2018 UFO Congress

Research Project

Children in Sectarian Religions and State Control, 1950-2020

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Recent posts

  • The Fate of the Charismatic Leader’s Consort: Ma Yoga Vivek, the Intimate Companion of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh/Osho May 23, 2021
  • Media Review: NXVIM and #MeToo, by Susan Palmer May 21, 2021
  • ESSWE Online Lecture Series 2021 April 21, 2021
  • Book Review: Children in New Religions December 20, 2020
  • FOREF Interview about the Uyghurs October 12, 2020

Our approach

They lived in the children's house

« … they lived in the Children’s House … »

Our research group studies past and present alternative religions like the Oneida Perfectionists (illustrated above and elsewhere on this website). Some of these groups have controversial child-rearing practices. It is our task to collect and provide information about children’s lives in minority religions which is accurate, up-to-date, and based on evidence. Our discipline requires that we maintain an objective value-free stance.

If you have any concerns, please contact our Principal Investigator at [email protected]

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