Jehovah's Witnesses and the Secular World

From the 1870s to the Present
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-349-67941-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700–2000

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Knox, Zoe

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Konfessionen amerikanischen Ursprungs
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Christliche und christlich motivierte Bewegungen und Sekten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Zoe Knox is Associate Professor of Modern Russian History at the University of Leicester, UK.