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href="/wiki/Anabaptist_theology#Church_discipline" title="Anabaptist theology">Anabaptist theology §&#160;Church discipline</a></div> <p>Certain sects of the <a href="/wiki/Amish" title="Amish">Amish</a>—an <a href="/wiki/Anabaptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Anabaptist">Anabaptist</a> community—practice shunning or <i>meidung</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Historically, the <a href="/wiki/Schwarzenau_Brethren" title="Schwarzenau Brethren">Schwarzenau Brethren</a> practiced a form of shunning that they called "avoidance," a refusal to eat with even a family member whom the church had placed in "avoidance."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Catholicism">Catholicism</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shunning&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Catholicism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the <a href="/wiki/Code_of_Canon_Law_of_1983" class="mw-redirect" title="Code of Canon Law of 1983">Code of Canon Law of 1983</a>, in rare cases (known as excommunication <i><a href="/wiki/Vitandus" class="mw-redirect" title="Vitandus">vitandi</a></i>) the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> expected adherents to shun an <a href="/wiki/Excommunication" title="Excommunication">excommunicated</a> member in secular matters. </p><p>In 1983, the distinction between <i>vitandi</i> and others (<i>tolerandi</i>) was abolished, and thus the expectation is not made anymore.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Jehovah's_Witnesses"><span id="Jehovah.27s_Witnesses"></span>Jehovah's Witnesses</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shunning&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Jehovah&#039;s Witnesses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses_and_congregational_discipline" class="mw-redirect" title="Jehovah&#39;s Witnesses and congregational discipline">Jehovah's Witnesses and congregational discipline</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses_practices#Discipline" title="Jehovah&#39;s Witnesses practices">Jehovah's Witnesses practices §&#160;Discipline</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah&#39;s Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a> practice a form of shunning, which was for many years referred to as "disfellowshipping".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHolden2002&#91;httpsarchiveorgdetailsjehovahswitnesse00andrpage32_32,_78-79&#93;_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHolden2002[httpsarchiveorgdetailsjehovahswitnesse00andrpage32_32,_78-79]-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A tribunal of elders determines whether an individual has committed a serious sin and is unrepentant. Elders may meet with the individual a number of times to encourage repentance before deciding to remove the person from the congregation.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>For many years, members were instructed to not even greet shunned individuals.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of March 2024, members are permitted to invite shunned individuals to congregation meetings or offer brief greetings at meetings, unless the individual is deemed to be an apostate.<sup id="cite_ref-2024_GB_update_#2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024_GB_update_#2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sociologist Andrew Holden's research indicates that many Witnesses who would otherwise defect because of disillusionment with the organization and its teachings retain affiliation out of fear of being shunned and losing contact with friends and family members.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHolden2002&#91;httpsarchiveorgdetailsjehovahswitnesse00andrpage250_250–270&#93;_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHolden2002[httpsarchiveorgdetailsjehovahswitnesse00andrpage250_250–270]-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judaism">Judaism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shunning&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Judaism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Herem_(censure)" title="Herem (censure)">Herem (censure)</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Herem_(censure)" title="Herem (censure)">Cherem</a> is the highest ecclesiastical censure in the <a href="/wiki/Jew" class="mw-redirect" title="Jew">Jewish</a> community. It is the total exclusion of a person from the Jewish community. It is still used in the <a href="/wiki/Haredi_Judaism" title="Haredi Judaism">Ultra-Orthodox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hasidic_Judaism" title="Hasidic Judaism">Hasidic</a> community. In the 21st century, sexual abuse victims and their families who have reported abuse to civil authorities have experienced shunning in the Orthodox communities of New York<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Orthodox Jewish men who <a href="/wiki/Get_(divorce_document)#Mesorevet_get_(Get_refusal)" title="Get (divorce document)">refuse to grant their wives a divorce</a> are sometimes subject to shunning or shaming, as a form of social pressure intended to compel the husband to allow his <a href="/wiki/Agunah#Mesorevet_get_(Get_refusal)" title="Agunah">wife</a> to leave the marriage. This pressure can take the form of refusing to allow the husband to perform certain religious rituals in the synagogue, refusing his business in commerce, <a href="/wiki/Legal_responses_to_agunah" title="Legal responses to agunah">legal solutions</a> such as restraining orders, and public shaming.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baháʼí_faith"><span id="Bah.C3.A1.CA.BC.C3.AD_faith"></span>Baháʼí faith</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shunning&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Baháʼí faith"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Covenant_breaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Covenant breaker">Covenant breaker</a></div> <p>Members of the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a> are expected to shun those that have been declared <a href="/wiki/Covenant-breaker" title="Covenant-breaker">Covenant-breakers</a>, and expelled from the religion,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> by the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_administration" title="Baháʼí administration">head of their faith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PSmith_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSmith-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Covenant-breakers are defined as leaders of schismatic groups that resulted from <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="Baháʼí divisions">challenges to legitimacy of Baháʼí leadership</a>, as well as those who follow or refuse to shun them.<sup id="cite_ref-PSmith_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSmith-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Unity is considered the highest value in the Baháʼí Faith, and any attempt at schism by a Baháʼí is considered a spiritual sickness, and a negation of that for which the religion stands.<sup id="cite_ref-PSmith_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSmith-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Church_of_Scientology">Church of Scientology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shunning&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Church of Scientology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Disconnection_(Scientology)" title="Disconnection (Scientology)">Disconnection (Scientology)</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scientology" title="Church of Scientology">Church of Scientology</a> asks its members to quit all communication with <a href="/wiki/Suppressive_person" title="Suppressive person">suppressive persons</a> (those whom the Church deems antagonistic to Scientology). The practice of shunning in Scientology is termed <a href="/wiki/Disconnection_(Scientology)" title="Disconnection (Scientology)">disconnection</a>. Members can disconnect from any person they already know, including existing family members. Many examples of this policy's application have been established in court.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sinister_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sinister-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bmj1971_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bmj1971-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It used to be customary to write a "disconnection letter" to the person being disconnected from, and to write a public disconnection notice, but these practices have not continued.<sup id="cite_ref-wallis_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wallis-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Church states that typically only people with "false data" about Scientology are antagonistic, so it encourages members to first attempt to provide "true data" to these people. According to official Church statements, disconnection is only used as a last resort and only lasts until the antagonism ceases.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Failure to disconnect from a suppressive person is itself labelled a suppressive act.<sup id="cite_ref-SciEth209_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SciEth209-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the United States, the Church has tried to argue in court that disconnection is a constitutionally protected religious practice. However, this argument was rejected because the pressure put on individual Scientologists to disconnect means it is not voluntary.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shunning&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Wala%27_Wal_Bara%27" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Wala&#39; Wal Bara&#39;">Al Wala' Wal Bara'</a> – Islamic concept of friendship toward fellow Muslims, and distance from non-Muslims.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anathema" title="Anathema">Anathema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostasy_in_Islam" title="Apostasy in Islam">Apostasy in Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cancel_culture" title="Cancel culture">Cancel culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criminalization" title="Criminalization">Criminalization</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae" title="Damnatio memoriae">Damnatio memoriae</a></i> – practice of destroying evidence for the existence of a person</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dima_Yakovlev_Law" title="Dima Yakovlev Law">Dima Yakovlev Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghosting_(behavior)" title="Ghosting (behavior)">Ghosting (behavior)</a> also known as simmering or icing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interdict" title="Interdict">Interdict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnitsky_Act" title="Magnitsky Act">Magnitsky Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Way_International#Mark_and_avoid" title="The Way International">Mark and Avoid</a> – a practice of <a href="/wiki/The_Way_International" title="The Way International">The Way International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_platform" class="mw-redirect" title="No platform">No platform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passive-aggressive_behaviour" class="mw-redirect" title="Passive-aggressive behaviour">Passive-aggressive behaviour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persona_non_grata" title="Persona non grata">Persona non grata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silent_treatment" title="Silent treatment">Silent treatment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_exclusion" title="Social exclusion">Social exclusion</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shunning&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shunning&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: 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January 30, 1971. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1136%2Fbmj.1.5743.297">10.1136/bmj.1.5743.297</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0007-1447">0007-1447</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a>&#160;<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1794922">1794922</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5294085">5294085</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=British+Medical+Journal&amp;rft.atitle=News+and+Notes%3A+Scientology+Libel+Action&amp;rft.volume=1&amp;rft.issue=5743&amp;rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E297-%3C%2Fspan%3E298&amp;rft.date=1971-01-30&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC1794922%23id-name%3DPMC&amp;rft.issn=0007-1447&amp;rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F5294085&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1136%2Fbmj.1.5743.297&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC1794922&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShunning" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wallis-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wallis_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWallis1976" class="citation book cs1">Wallis, Roy (1976). <a href="/wiki/The_Road_to_Total_Freedom:_A_Sociological_Analysis_of_Scientology" class="mw-redirect" title="The Road to Total Freedom: A Sociological Analysis of Scientology"><i>The Road to Total Freedom: A Sociological Analysis of Scientology</i></a>. London: Heinemann Educational Books. pp.&#160;<span class="nowrap">144–</span>145. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-435-82916-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-435-82916-2"><bdi>978-0-435-82916-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/310565311">310565311</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Road+to+Total+Freedom%3A+A+Sociological+Analysis+of+Scientology&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E144-%3C%2Fspan%3E145&amp;rft.pub=Heinemann+Educational+Books&amp;rft.date=1976&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F310565311&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-435-82916-2&amp;rft.aulast=Wallis&amp;rft.aufirst=Roy&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShunning" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist" style="display:inline;"><ul style="display:inline;"><li style="margin-bottom:.5em; display:block;;display:inline; margin:0;">Hubbard, L. Ron (23 December 1965) HCO Policy Letter "Suppressive Acts" reproduced in the <a href="/wiki/Dumbleton%E2%80%93Powles_Report" title="Dumbleton–Powles Report">Dumbleton–Powles Report</a>.</li><li style="margin-bottom:.5em; display:block;;margin-top:.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPowlesE._V._Dumbleton1969" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Guy_Powles" title="Guy Powles">Powles, Sir Guy Richardson</a>; E. V. Dumbleton (June 30, 1969). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.austlii.edu.au/nz/other/NZBCPubInq/1969/1.pdf"><i>Hubbard Scientology Organisation in New Zealand and any associated Scientology organisation or bodies in New Zealand; report of the Commission of Inquiry</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Wellington: <a href="/wiki/Royal_commission" title="Royal commission">Commission of Inquiry</a>. pp.&#160;<span class="nowrap">53–</span>54. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/147661">147661</a> &#8211; via <a href="/wiki/Australasian_Legal_Information_Institute" title="Australasian Legal Information Institute">Australasian Legal Information Institute</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Hubbard+Scientology+Organisation+in+New+Zealand+and+any+associated+Scientology+organisation+or+bodies+in+New+Zealand%3B+report+of+the+Commission+of+Inquiry&amp;rft.place=Wellington&amp;rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E53-%3C%2Fspan%3E54&amp;rft.pub=Commission+of+Inquiry&amp;rft.date=1969-06-30&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F147661&amp;rft.aulast=Powles&amp;rft.aufirst=Sir+Guy+Richardson&amp;rft.au=E.+V.+Dumbleton&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.austlii.edu.au%2Fnz%2Fother%2FNZBCPubInq%2F1969%2F1.pdf&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShunning" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul></div></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://faq.scientology.org/discon.htm">What is Disconnection?</a> (Accessed 5/29/11)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SciEth209-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SciEth209_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHubbard2007" class="citation book cs1">Hubbard, L. Ron (2007). <i>Introduction to Scientology Ethics (Latin American Spanish ed.)</i>. Bridge Publications. p.&#160;209. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4031-4684-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4031-4684-7"><bdi>978-1-4031-4684-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Introduction+to+Scientology+Ethics+%28Latin+American+Spanish+ed.%29&amp;rft.pages=209&amp;rft.pub=Bridge+Publications&amp;rft.date=2007&amp;rft.isbn=978-1-4031-4684-7&amp;rft.aulast=Hubbard&amp;rft.aufirst=L.+Ron&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShunning" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">California appellate court, 2nd district, 7th division, Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology of California, Civ. No. B023193 Cal. Super. (1986)</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shunning&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMelton1993" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/J._Gordon_Melton" title="J. Gordon Melton">Melton, J. Gordon</a> (1993). "Shunning". <i>Encyclopedia of American Religions</i>. p.&#160;88. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8103-6904-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-8103-6904-4"><bdi>0-8103-6904-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Shunning&amp;rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+American+Religions&amp;rft.pages=88&amp;rft.date=1993&amp;rft.isbn=0-8103-6904-4&amp;rft.aulast=Melton&amp;rft.aufirst=J.+Gordon&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShunning" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFriesen1980" class="citation book cs1">Friesen, Patrick (1980). <i>The Shunning</i>. Mennonite fiction. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88801-038-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-88801-038-9"><bdi>0-88801-038-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Shunning&amp;rft.pub=Mennonite+fiction&amp;rft.date=1980&amp;rft.isbn=0-88801-038-9&amp;rft.aulast=Friesen&amp;rft.aufirst=Patrick&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShunning" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHolden2002" class="citation book cs1">Holden, Andrew (2002). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/jehovahswitnesse00andr"><i>Jehovah's Witnesses: Portrait of a Contemporary Religious Movement</i></a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Routledge" title="Routledge">Routledge</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-26610-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-415-26610-9"><bdi>978-0-415-26610-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Jehovah%27s+Witnesses%3A+Portrait+of+a+Contemporary+Religious+Movement&amp;rft.pub=Routledge&amp;rft.date=2002&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-415-26610-9&amp;rft.aulast=Holden&amp;rft.aufirst=Andrew&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fjehovahswitnesse00andr&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShunning" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKraybill2001" class="citation book cs1">Kraybill, Donald (2001). <i>On the Backroad to Heaven</i>. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=On+the+Backroad+to+Heaven&amp;rft.place=Baltimore%2C+Maryland&amp;rft.pub=Johns+Hopkins+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2001&amp;rft.aulast=Kraybill&amp;rft.aufirst=Donald&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShunning" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFScott1996" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Scott_(writer)" title="Stephen Scott (writer)">Scott, Stephen</a> (1996). <i>An Introduction to Old Order and Conservative Mennonite Groups</i>. Intercourse, Pennsylvania: Good Books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=An+Introduction+to+Old+Order+and+Conservative+Mennonite+Groups&amp;rft.place=Intercourse%2C+Pennsylvania&amp;rft.pub=Good+Books&amp;rft.date=1996&amp;rft.aulast=Scott&amp;rft.aufirst=Stephen&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShunning" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shunning&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li>McCowan, Karen, <i>The Oregon Register-Guard</i>, Cast Out: Religious Shunning Provides an Unusual Background in the Longo and Bryant Slayings, March 2, 2003.</li> <li>D'anna, Lynnette, "Post-Mennonite Women Congregate to Discuss Abuse", <i><a href="/wiki/Herizons" title="Herizons">Herizons</a></i>, March 1, 1993.</li> <li>Esua, Alvin J., and Esau Alvin A.J., <i>The Courts and the Colonies: The Litigation of Hutterite Church Disputes</i>, Univ of British Columbia Press, 2004.</li> <li><i>Crossing Over: One Woman's Escape from Amish Life</i>, Ruth Irene Garret, Rick Farrant</li> <li><i>Delivered Unto Satan</i> (Mennonite), Robert L. Bear, 1974, (ASIN B0006CKXQI)</li> <li><i>Children Held Hostage: Dealing with Programmed and Brainwashed Children</i>, Stanley S. Clawar, Brynne Valerie Rivlin, 2003.</li> <li><i>Deviance, Agency, and the Social Control of Women's Bodies in a Mennonite Community</i>, Linda B. Arthur, NWSA Journal, v10.n2 (Summer 1998): pp75(25).</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shunning&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output 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