Jehovahs Witnesses And The Secular World

Author : Zoe Knox
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137396059
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jehovah's Witnesses and the Secular World written by Zoe Knox and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : George D. Chryssides
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810870541
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The A to Z of Jehovah's Witnesses written by George D. Chryssides and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-10-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Charles Taze Russell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in the Scriptures written by Charles Taze Russell and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George D. Chryssides
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 135019090X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jehovah’s Witnesses written by George D. Chryssides and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Amber Scorah
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 073522255X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaving the Witness written by Amber Scorah and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 : David A. Reed
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 0801077397
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jehovah's Witnesses Answered Verse by Verse written by David A. Reed and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 1987-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other book answers the Jehovah's Witnesses' misinterpretation of Scripture so immediately and shows how to use the same Scripture in leading Jehovah's Witnesses to Christ.

Author : John Ankerberg
Publisher : ATRI Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1937136493
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe? written by John Ankerberg and published by ATRI Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Thomas Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781539304456
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just See Yourself written by Thomas Walker and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : David A. Reed
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 080105317X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Answering Jehovah's Witnesses written by David A. Reed and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 1996-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book guides Christians to discuss non-biblical issues with Jehovah's Witnesses subject by subject in a non-confrontational manner.

Author : M. James Penton
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442669616
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apocalypse Delayed written by M. James Penton and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1876, Jehovah’s Witnesses have believed that they are living in the last days of the present world. Charles T. Russell, their founder, advised his followers that members of Christ’s church would be raptured in 1878, and by 1914 Christ would destroy the nations and establish his kingdom on earth. The first prophecy was not fulfilled, but the outbreak of the First World War lent some credibility to the second. Ever since that time, Jehovah’s Witnesses have been predicting that the world would end “shortly.” Their numbers have grown to many millions in over two hundred countries. They distribute a billion pieces of literature annually, and continue to anticipate the end of the world. For almost thirty years, M. James Penton’s Apocalypse Delayed has been the definitive scholarly study of this religious movement. As a former member of the sect, Penton offers a comprehensive overview of the Jehovah's Witnesses. His book is divided into three parts, each presenting the Witnesses’ story in a different context: historical, doctrinal, and sociological. Some of the issues he discusses are known to the general public, such as the sect’s opposition to military service and blood transfusions. Others involve internal controversies, including political control of the organization and the handling of dissent within the ranks. Thoroughly revised, the third edition of Penton’s classic text includes substantial new information on the sources of Russell’s theology and on the church’s early leaders, as well as coverage of important developments within the sect since the second edition was published fifteen years ago.