Free the Children as a ‘new secular spiritual movement': a case study on the conceptual boundaries between ‘spirituality', ‘the sacred', and ‘new religious movements'

The movement under study, Free the Children (FtC), is a youth empowerment organization that was founded in 1995 by a Canadian teenager, who, twenty years on, remains its leader today. Though it does not define itself as either a religion or an alternative to religion, it frequently uses the language...

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Authors: Mosurinjohn, Sharday (Author) ; Funnell-Kononuk, Emma (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2017]
In: Journal for the Study of Spirituality
Year: 2017, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 114-127
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B New Religious Movements
B new secular spiritual movement
B youth social justice
B the secular sacred
B Free the Children
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