@ARTICLE{Rusaczyk_Marzena_Przyczajeni,_2013, author={Rusaczyk, Marzena}, number={Tom 36}, journal={Rocznik Pedagogiczny}, howpublished={online}, year={2013}, publisher={Komitet Nauk Pedagogicznych PAN}, publisher={Instytut Technologii Eksploatacji-PIB}, abstract={This article is an attempt to apply the conceptual framework of social stigma and some specific strategies of coping with stigma, for the interpretations of interviews with young Jehovah’s Witnesses, representing high schools from Bialystok. According to several studies, the followers of the Watchtower Society – compared to members of other churches and religious – are faced with the most negative reactions of social audience, not only in Poland but also in other countries around the world. The presence of religion class in Polish schools produces specific conditions, in which the student religious identity becomes visible. Therefore, everyday classroom experiences of such students can be – compared to catholic majority and other religious minorities – much more difficult, involving not only potential negative stereotyping, but also the problem of how to deal with the school structural conditions, sometimes clearly being in conflict with the requirements of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religion.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Przyczajeni, zagrożeni i gotowi na bitwę: strategie radzenia świadków Jehowy ze stygmatem w środowisku szkolnym}, URL={http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/82477/PDF/Przyczajeni%20,%20zagro%C5%BCeni%20%20i%C2%A0%20gotowi%20%20na%20%20bitw%C4%99.%20Strategie%20radzenia%20sobie%20%C5%9Bwiadk%C3%B3w%20Jehowy%20ze%20stygmatem%20w%20%C5%9Brodowisku%20szkolnym.pdf}, keywords={social stigma, Jehovah’s Witnesses, coping with stigma, predica-ment, school environment}, }