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Historical dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses [electronic resource] / George D. Chryssides.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements ; no. 85.Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (lxix, 169 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780810862692 (electronic bk.)
  • 0810862697 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Historical dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses.DDC classification:
  • 289.9/203 22
LOC classification:
  • BX8526 .C48 2008eb
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Contents:
Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Bibliography; About the Author;
Summary: 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 Historical Dictionary 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 prophe
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-168).

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Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Bibliography; About the Author;

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 Historical Dictionary 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 prophe

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