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.
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Jehovah s Witnesses written by George D. Chryssides and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originating from a small group of Bible students who met under Charles Taze Russell’s leadership and grew into an international Society, to which the second leader Joseph Franklin Rutherford and gave the name ‘Jehovah’s Witnesses’. Two World Wars shaped Watch Tower attitudes to civil government, armed conflict, and medical innovations such as blood transfusion, as well as to mainstream churches. The twenty-first century has seen some important changes in the Watch Tower organization, and coverage is given to changes in organizational structure, its use of the World Wide Web, and its major relocation from Brooklyn to Warwick. This updated second edition of Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on key concepts, themes, and people relating to Jehovah’s Witnesses. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Jehovah's Witnesses.
Download or read book Jehovah s Witnesses written by Marley Cole and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1956, is the first authoritative, comprehensive account of the worldwide activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses. It traces their origins and development, and a special section covers the founding, organization and development of the movement in Great Britain.
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 325 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.
Download or read book A People for His Name written by Tony Wills and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of The Watchtower Bible & Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses) from their origins in the 1870s up to the mid-1960s. Long out-of-print, now in a second edition. This title was originally published using the pen name "Timothy White."
Download or read book Jehovah s Witnesses written by George D. Chryssides and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its origins in nineteenth century Adventism until the present day, the Watch Tower Society has become one of the best known but least understood new religious movements. Resisting the tendency to define the movement in terms of the negative, this volume offers an empathetic account of the Jehovah's Witnesses, without defending or seeking to refute their beliefs. George Chryssides critically examines the historical and theological bases of the organization's teachings and practices, and discusses the changes and continuities which have defined it. The book provides a valuable resource for scholars of new religious movements and contemporary religion.
Download or read book Jehovah s Witnesses written by Robert M. Bowman and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 1995 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of the Zondervan Guide to Cults and Religious Movements sheds new light on the intrigue of the Jehovah's Witness movement.
Download or read book The Orwellian World of Jehovah s Witnesses written by Heather Denise Harden Botting and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the history and religious doctrines of the Jehovah's Witnesses and examines the parallels between the religion and George Orwell's novel, 1984
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.
Download or read book Approaching Jehovah s Witnesses in Love written by Wilbur Lingle and published by CLC Publications. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you feel like hiding when Jehovah’s Witnesses ring your doorbell? Have you tried to convey your faith to them...and gotten nowhere? It’s proven and practical guide which includes questions, answers, conversation starters and other great witnessing tools that will help you speak to Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Download or read book Jehovah s Witnesses the False Teachings of the Watchtower Society written by Billy Crone and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jehovah Talk written by David Reed and published by . This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jehovah's Witnesses have a unique vocabulary incomprehensible to outsiders. They also use familiar Christian terms to mean something different from standard usage. This book is a dictionary of such "J.W.ese" language. Moreover, it explains how JWs engage in doubletalk when speaking with outsiders, and tells the reader how to break through that doubletalk to share the Gospel of Christ with those trapped inside the cult.David A. Reed has authored more than a dozen books including "Answering Jehovah's Witnesses Subject by Subject" and the popular "Jehovah's Witnesses Answered Verse by Verse."
Download or read book 10 Questions and Answers on Jehovah s Witnesses written by Rose Publishing and published by Rose Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 10 Questions & Answers on Jehovah’s Witnesses pamphlet provides answers to 10 of the most important questions regarding Jehovah’s Witnesses, including information on eight important topics including how the Jehovah’s Witnesses began, the prophecies made by their leader, Charles Taze Russell, the number of people who will go to heaven, and the reliability of the Watchtower’s New World Translation, and much more. Full color and glossy, the pamphlet explains the key beliefs, practices, and history of this group. This bestselling tool is excellent for any group wanting to learn more about the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Size: 8.5"x 5.5" unfolds to 33" long. Fits inside most Bible covers. 10 Questions & Answers on Jehovah’s Witnesses is an excellent tool for outreach and missions groups, or for anyone wanting to understand more about this controversial religious group. This compelling 10 Q & A pamphlet examines critical questions regarding the beliefs and practices of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and responds with what the Bible teaches about each: How did Jehovah’s Witnesses begin? Is God’s true name really Jehovah? Is the Trinity really a pagan doctrine? Is Jesus Christ God? Is the Holy Spirit just God’s active force? Will only 144,000 people go to heaven? Can only Jehovah’s Witnesses be saved? Is the Watchtower’s New World Translation reliable? Which is the final authority: the Bible or the Watchtower? What else do Jehovah’s Witnesses believe? 10 Questions & Answers on Jehovah’s Witnesses pamphlet provides answers to 10 of the most important questions regarding Jehovah’s Witnesses. Readers and students of other religions and cults will find answers to these and other claims Jehovah’s Witnesses make: It’s critical to call God by his personal name, Jehovah Christianity’s idea of the Trinity is like Babylonian and Egyptian mythology After the death of the original apostles, Christianity slipped into the Great Apostasy In heaven, Jesus was an archangel Only the 144,000 Christians living between Pentecost and 1935, called the anointed class, will live in Heaven as spirits forever Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t believe in holidays and celebrations
Download or read book Witnesses of Jehovah written by Leonard Chretien and published by Freeminds. This book was released on 1988 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Facts on Jehovah s Witnesses written by John Ankerberg and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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.
Download or read book The Teachings of Jehovah s Witnesses written by John H. Gerstner and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
