Jehovah's Witnesses and the Secular World - From the 1870s to the Present (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

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.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000
Release date:	February 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Zoe Knox
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	316
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-39604-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches
LSN:	1-137-39604-0
Barcode:	9781137396044

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