Jehovah's Witnesses and the Secular World: From the 1870s to the Present
This book examines the tensions between Jehovah’s Witnesses and government authorities, civic organisations, established churches and the broader public generated by the Watch Tower Society’s teachings. Witnesses originated in the 1870s as small, loose-knit groups calling themselves Bible Students....
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
London
Palgrave Macmillan
2018
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| Dans: | Année: 2018 |
| Collection/Revue: | Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Témoins de Jéhovah
/ Liberté religieuse
/ Politique
/ Geschichte 1870-
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion KDH Sectes d’origine chrétienne |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Religion
History
B Civilization History B Social History B History |
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Accès probablement gratuit Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | This book examines the tensions between Jehovah’s Witnesses and government authorities, civic organisations, established churches and the broader public generated by the Watch Tower Society’s teachings. 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. 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 campaigns, 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 Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Watch Tower, Witnesses and the World -- Chapter 3: Politics -- Chapter 4: Ministry -- Chapter 5: Blood- Chapter 6: Religion -- Chapter 7: Opposition -- Chapter 8: Conclusion |
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| ISBN: | 1137396059 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-39605-1 |