Jehovah's Witnesses and the Secular World (eBook)
XIV, 316 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Verlag)
978-1-137-39605-1 (ISBN)
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.
Zoe Knox is Associate Professor of Modern Russian History at the University of Leicester, UK.
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.
Zoe Knox is Associate Professor of Modern Russian History at the University of Leicester, UK.
Chapter 1: Introduction: Making Witness History.- Chapter 2: The Watch Tower, The Witnesses and the World .- Chapter 3: Political Neutrality .- Chapter 4: Public Ministry .- Chapter 5: Blood Ban.- Chapter 6: Anti-Ecumenism .- Chapter 7: Popular Perceptions.- Chapter 8: Conclusion: W(h)ither the Witnesses?.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.1.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000 |
| Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700–2000 | Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700–2000 |
| Zusatzinfo | XIV, 316 p. 8 illus., 6 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum | |
| Schlagworte | Anti-ecumenism • Charles Russell • Evangelism • Joseph Rutherford • Nathan Knorr • Persecution • Religious Tolerance • Watchtower Society |
| ISBN-10 | 1-137-39605-9 / 1137396059 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-39605-1 / 9781137396051 |
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