Abstract:
Current literature on new religious movements and their effects on the children that grow up in them lacks objectivity and the depth of personal experience. The experience of children in new religious movements varies widely depending upon the group in which they are involved. If children are raised in a movement that has a charismatic leader and an effective structure for socialization, they can aid in the group's success through the diffusion of group ideas into the wider society. A case study of the Two Rivers Farm includes subjects that graduated from the Farm School and public school teachers that instructed these students. The Two Rivers Farm proves successful as the children that attended school there between 1985 and 1991 currently employ Farm philosophies in their lives as young adults.
Description:
62 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Political Science and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of [Arts or Science], Spring YEAR.