Maria's Keepers

One woman's escape from the Jehovah's Witnesses Church in South Africa

Sam Human (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

168 Seiten

2024
Penguin Books (South Africa) (Verlag)
978-1-77639-135-6 (ISBN)

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Maria is a young woman raised as a Jehovah's Witness in South Africa, and this book documents her experiences of gender victimisation, sexual abuse and cover-ups within the church, as well as her eventual escape from its doctrines and control.

Entering the church is easy, but leaving it can be a matter of life or death …

Maria is a young woman raised as a Jehovah’s Witness in South Africa, and this book documents her experiences of gender victimisation, sexual abuse and cover-ups within the church, as well as her eventual ‘escape’ from its doctrines and control. Maria’s freedom came at a price, however – she can never see her mother and sister again.

Dr Sam Human is an author, academic researcher, and a post-graduate research supervisor in the Psychology Department of the University of South Africa. She holds a PhD in psychology with a particular interest in psychobiographical research. She is the author of The Most Evil of Them All – When Narcissism Turns Deadly.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.12.2023
Verlagsort	Parklands
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 234 mm
Gewicht	250 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	1-77639-135-7 / 1776391357
ISBN-13	978-1-77639-135-6 / 9781776391356
Zustand	Neuware