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Abstract This text reflects upon the relationship between Religious Fundamentalisms and Childhood. The research that served as the basis for the article seeked to contribute to the knowledge and diagnosis of forms of violence in contexts of religious fundamentalisms, in a cultural, historical, and sociological perspective. Life stories of women who suffered some kind of violence in childhood and adolescence in the context of such fundamentalisms were sought. The methodology was based on Life Stories, collected through the creation of a weblog open to those interested in writing their stories about any type of violence suffered in contexts of religious fundamentalisms. Among the results obtained, the research shows how different methods and artifacts work, to introject elements of belief, and to practice spiritual abuse, since early childhood. Such violence, which is inflicted through various types of manipulation, reinforces a new theocratic conservatism, making clear that fundamentalisms exist because different political groups use religiosity in attempt to win power.

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