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Quiverfull is a movement among some conservative fundamentalist Christian couples, chiefly in the United States, but with some adherents in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and elsewhere. It sees children as a blessing from God〔 and promotes procreation, eschewing all forms of birth control, including natural family planning and sterilization. Adherents are known as ''quiver full'', ''full quiver'', ''quiverfull-minded'', or simply ''QF'' Christians. Some refer to the Quiverfull position as Providentialism, while other sources have referred to it as a manifestation of natalism. Currently, several thousand Christians worldwide identify with this movement.〔 == Historical backdrop == As birth-control methods advanced during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many conservative Christian movements issued official statements against their use. Some contend that Quiverfull's "internal growth" model is a manifestation of a broader trend reflected in such groups as ultra-Orthodox Jews, Orthodox Calvinists of Holland and Laestadian Lutherans of Finland.〔 Kaufmann, Eric. 2011. (Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century ). London: Profile Books. 〕 The former may also be a case of a manifestation of a movement of opinion within some ethnic, linguistic, religious, regional, or other identifiable groups who have felt concern about their continued existence for historical and/or other reasons. Such philosophies and groups are diverse amongst themselves—being found in all segments and sectors of the political spectrum—and usually represent, to varying extents, the diversity within their group. The manifestations of such movements and opinion are everything from comparatively high rates of in-group marriage being applauded and gently suggested to more explicit calls for endogamy such as is the case with the Druze〔Druze〕 to concerns expressed by Northern Ireland Protestants about a higher birth rate amongst Catholics to Decree 770 by Nicolae Ceaușescu's government in Roumania concerning contraception and other population topics as part of the local variant of North Korean Juche.〔Decree 770〕〔Nicolae_Ceaușescu〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quiverfull」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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