The Role of Religious Institutions and Organizations fot the Founding of Children's Summer Resorts in the First Half of the 20th Century

Abstract

The topic is part of the author's research in the field of extramarital forms of socialization of Bulgarian children. Using different types of sources, the religious children's resorts organized in the 20th century will be presented. The article will outline the boundaries set by religion in terms of the selection of children in the camps, and will seek an answer to the question of whether religion creates division between individuals or serves to include children. The relevance of the topic is an indisputable fact, due to the many organized children's summer camps of a religious nature today.

Keywords

• childhood
• socialization
• children’s camp
• religion