Shunning from the Jehovah’s Witness Community: Is It Legal?
Drawing on a qualitative study conducted with both individuals who have been shunned from the Jehovah’s Witnesses community and those who were in a position to shun others, the authors identify areas of development within the Serious Crime Act 2015 and propose that there is scope to interpret the la...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2023
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 290-313 |
Further subjects: | B
family-like relationships
B Coercive Control B Jehovah’s Witnesses B disfellowshipping B Discipline |
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Summary: | Drawing on a qualitative study conducted with both individuals who have been shunned from the Jehovah’s Witnesses community and those who were in a position to shun others, the authors identify areas of development within the Serious Crime Act 2015 and propose that there is scope to interpret the law broadly to include instances of people shunned from the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. |
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ISSN: | 2163-3088 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/jlr.2023.13 |