Grendele, Windy A., Flax, Maya and Bapir-Tardy, Savin (2023) ‘You're going to go into some really dark, dark places in your mind.’ Loss and disillusionment of being shunned from the Jehovah’s Witness community and its impact. International Journal of Coercion, Abuse, and Manipulation (IJCAM). ISSN 2710-4028 (In Press)

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Abstract

Being shunned from a tight-knit religious community, such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, may be a traumatic event. The accounts of twenty-one participants, qualitatively analysed using Reflexive Thematic Analysis, elucidate the extent to which religious shunning impacts an individual’s life. Two dominant themes stemmed from the data: ‘Losses due to Shunning’ and ‘The Rebuilding of Self post-shunning.’ This article will explore the impact that being shunned has on the lives of the participants, considering its psychological consequences and daily challenges. The article will then discuss the positive aspects which may characterise the experiences of those shunned from the Jehovah’s Witnesses community.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Religious shunning, Jehovah’s Witnesses, betrayal, family bonds, regained autonomy
Subjects:	Philosophy Psychology Social sciences
Related URLs:	Publisher
Depositing User:	Windy A. Grendele
Date Deposited:	21 Jun 2023 09:02
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2024 16:15
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10078

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