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The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Heritage SeriesPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1984Copyright date: ©1984Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (248 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442664616
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Orwellian World of Jehovah's WitnessesLOC classification:
  • BX8526 .B67 1984
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The World View of Jehovah's Witnesses -- 2 The Historical Development of Jehovah's Witnesses -- 3 The Cyclical Movement of History and Prophecy -- 4 The Conversion and Indoctrination Process -- 5 Watch Tower Literature -- 6 Discipline and Mental-Regulating of Youth -- 7 The Seeds of Dissension -- 8 Crisis at 'The Top' -- 9 Nineteen Eighty-Four -- Glossary of Terms Used by Jehovah's Witnesses -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Z -- Significant Dates -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: The Bottings, both Witnesses, can and do answer the questions everyone asks about this sect. They examine its history, the ways in which history itself has been interpreted in the light of bible prophecy, the basic beliefs or 'symbols' in which Witnesses are required to put their faith, and the dynamics of conversion and indoctrination.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The World View of Jehovah's Witnesses -- 2 The Historical Development of Jehovah's Witnesses -- 3 The Cyclical Movement of History and Prophecy -- 4 The Conversion and Indoctrination Process -- 5 Watch Tower Literature -- 6 Discipline and Mental-Regulating of Youth -- 7 The Seeds of Dissension -- 8 Crisis at 'The Top' -- 9 Nineteen Eighty-Four -- Glossary of Terms Used by Jehovah's Witnesses -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Z -- Significant Dates -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

The Bottings, both Witnesses, can and do answer the questions everyone asks about this sect. They examine its history, the ways in which history itself has been interpreted in the light of bible prophecy, the basic beliefs or 'symbols' in which Witnesses are required to put their faith, and the dynamics of conversion and indoctrination.

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