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Author | : Zoe Knox |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2018-01-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1137396059 |
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This book examines the historic tensions between Jehovah’s Witnesses and government authorities, civic organisations, established churches and the broader public. Witnesses originated in the 1870s as small, loose-knit groups calling themselves Bible Students. Today, there are some eight million Witnesses worldwide, all actively engaged in evangelism under the direction of the Watch Tower Society. The author analyses issues that have brought them global visibility and even notoriety, including political neutrality, public ministry, blood transfusion, and anti-ecumenism. It also explores anti-Witness discourse, from media portrayals of the community as marginal and exotic to the anti-cult movement. Focusing on varied historical, ideological and national contexts, the book argues that Witnesses have had a defining influence on conceptions of religious tolerance in the modern world.
Author | : Charles Taze Russell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : Jehovah's Witnesses |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : George D. Chryssides |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2009-10-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0810870541 |
Download The A to Z of Jehovah's Witnesses Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Originating from a small group of Bible students led by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s, the Watch Tower Society grew into an international society. After Russell's death in 1916, Franklin Rutherford was named his successor and gave the society a new name: 'Jehovah's Witnesses.' The A to Z of Jehovah's Witnesses shows how World War I & II influenced Watch Tower attitudes to civil government, armed conflict, and medical innovations like blood transfusion, as well as to mainstream churches and the development of Jehovah's Witnesses' door-to-door evangelism. The theme of prophecy, the doctrine of the 144,000, end-time calculations, Armageddon, and the Witnesses' denial of hell are all considered in The A to Z of Jehovah's Witnesses, which contains a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and 250 cross-referenced dictionary entries relating to key people and concepts.
Author | : George D. Chryssides |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2022-01-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 135019090X |
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What would happen if I accepted an invitation to Bible Study from Jehovah's Witnesses? What would attending a Kingdom Hall meeting involve? And if I invited door-knocking Witnesses into my home? This book introduces Jehovah's Witnesses without assuming prior knowledge of the Watch Tower organization. After outlining the Society's origins and history, the book explains their key beliefs and practices by taking the reader through the process of the seeker who makes initial contact with Witnesses, and progresses to take instruction and become a baptized member. The book then explores what is involved in being a Witness – congregational life, lifestyle, rites of passage, their understanding of the Bible and prophetic expectations. It examines the various processes and consequences of leaving the organization, controversies that have arisen in the course of its history, and popular criticisms. Discussion is given to the likelihood of reforms within the organization, such as its stance on blood transfusions, the role of women and new methods of meeting and evangelizing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Author | : Thomas Walker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 2016-11-17 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781539304456 |
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A Story Thousands of Years In The Making!For two thousand years, followers of Jehovah God and his son, Jesus Christ have been waiting for The Day! The Bible promises wonderful things that would take place during the Thousand Year Reign of the Messianic King. But so many people never heard that message, or never believed it could be true, when confronted with a cold and wicked world. What future for them?Hugh Alman was a pilot during the Second World War. With no idea of what the future held, he has awoken in a long promised Paradise Earth; where nobody would ever grow old, grow sick, or die. But with Eternal Life comes challenges, and rewards... and most importantly, choices.(While this story is inspired by the beliefs and teachings of the Jehovah's Witnesses, I am not affiliated with the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.)
Author | : Amber Scorah |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2020-06-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 073522255X |
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"A fascinating glimpse into the consciousness of being an outsider in every possible way, and what it takes to find your path into the life you'd like to lead."--Nylon A riveting memoir of losing faith and finding freedom while a covert missionary in one of the world's most restrictive countries. A third-generation Jehovah's Witness, Amber Scorah had devoted her life to sounding God's warning of impending Armageddon. She volunteered to take the message to China, where the preaching she did was illegal and could result in her expulsion or worse. Here, she had some distance from her community for the first time. Immersion in a foreign language and culture--and a whole new way of thinking--turned her world upside down, and eventually led her to lose all that she had been sure was true. As a proselytizer in Shanghai, using fake names and secret codes to evade the authorities' notice, Scorah discreetly looked for targets in public parks and stores. To support herself, she found work at a Chinese language learning podcast, hiding her real purpose from her coworkers. Now with a creative outlet, getting to know worldly people for the first time, she began to understand that there were other ways of seeing the world and living a fulfilling life. When one of these relationships became an "escape hatch," Scorah's loss of faith culminated in her own personal apocalypse, the only kind of ending possible for a Jehovah's Witness. Shunned by family and friends as an apostate, Scorah was alone in Shanghai and thrown into a world she had only known from the periphery--with no education or support system. A coming of age story of a woman already in her thirties, this unforgettable memoir examines what it's like to start one's life over again with an entirely new identity. It follows Scorah to New York City, where a personal tragedy forces her to look for new ways to find meaning in the absence of religion. With compelling, spare prose, Leaving the Witness traces the bittersweet process of starting over, when everything one's life was built around is gone.
Author | : John Ankerberg |
Publisher | : ATRI Publishing |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2011-10-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1937136493 |
Download What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe? Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Did you know that one in every 282 Americans is a Jehovah’s Witness? When a Jehovah’s Witness knocks on your door, do you know what to say? Now you can! In What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe? you’ll experience Dr. Ankerberg’s interviews with three former Jehovah’s Witnesses and two experts on this growing religious movement. Topics include: The background of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. What do Jehovah’s Witnesses teach about Jesus, the Trinity, and other biblical beliefs? What is different about their Bible, the New World Translation? Why don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses celebrate birthdays, Christmas, Easter, participate in patriotic activities or the armed forces, and refuse blood transfusions? How can I share my faith with a Jehovah’s Witness? This and much more are included in this book. You’ll find yourself more equipped in your own beliefs and be better prepared to discuss your faith with Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Author | : Daniel Clark |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2013-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781502353184 |
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Jehovah's Witnesses: The one true faith, or a cult? For Daniel Clark - a family man, devout member of the Watchtower Society and bringer of "Ther Good News" - life had lost all meaning. Disillusioned with church teachings, he decided to leave the faith, but had to find the strength to throw off the teachings programmed into him since birth and rebuild his life. In a harrowing account of growing up as a Witness in a filthy, flea-infested house, visiting his mother in a hellish mental institution and handing out Jehovah's Witness pamphlets door to door, Daniel shares the story of his journey from an abusive childhood to his escape from the religious cult that held him and his entire family prisoner. I, Witness: The Shocking Insider's Story of Jehovah's Witnesses reveals the truth about what it's like to grow up in a world where brainwashing, violence and religious, emotional and mental abuse are rampant.
Author | : David A. Reed |
Publisher | : Baker Books |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1996-05 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 080105317X |
Download Answering Jehovah's Witnesses Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book guides Christians to discuss non-biblical issues with Jehovah's Witnesses subject by subject in a non-confrontational manner.
Author | : John Ankerberg |
Publisher | : Harvest House Publishers |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2008-08-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0736939075 |
Download The Facts on Jehovah's Witnesses Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
John Ankerberg, John Weldon, and Dillon Burroughs team up to revise and update The Facts on Jehovah's Witnesses, part of the popular Facts On Series (more than 1.9 million copies of books from this series sold). Known for their extensive research and Bible knowledge, these authors offer readers the essential facts they need to evaluate and discuss today's issues regarding the Jehovah's Witnesses, a religious organization, and the Watchtower Society. The concise, easy-to-follow information helps readers answer such questions as: What is the Watchtower Society and what power does it hold? Is the Watchtower Society's translation of the Bible accurate? Is the Society's teaching on salvation biblical? Whether the reader is merely curious or searching for specific information, The Facts on Jehovah's Witnesses will give them what they are looking for—easy-to-understand, factual, and relevant information about this group.