Straying from strict parents
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What is it like to grow up in a strict religious or cultural household - and what happens when you no longer agree with your parents’ worldview?  Guests: David Newheiser, Senior Research Fellow, Religion and Theology, ACU, author of Hope in a Secular Age Laura McConnell Conti, grew up in a fundamentalist Christian group known as The Truth Professor Manjula Datta O’Connor, psychiatrist and author of Daughters of Durga: Dowries, Gender Violence and Family in Australia     
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