Andrew Holden

Jehovah's Witnesses (eBook, ePUB)

Portrait of a Contemporary Religious Movement

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first major study of the enigmatic religious society. By examining the Jehovah's Witnesses' dramatic recent expansion, Andrew Holden reveals the dependency of their quasi-totalitarian movement on the physical and cultural resources have brought about the privatization of religion, the erosion of community, and the separation of 'fact' from faith.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134501519
• Artikelnr.: 38261238

Autorenporträt

Andrew Holden (PH.D) has taught sociology at various levels of further and higher education. He has been conducting fieldwork on millenarian belief systems for over a decade.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The End is Nigh 2. The Jehovah's Witnesses in the Modern World 3.
Finding a Home 4. Rational Means to Rational Ends 5. Returning to Eden 6.
Inside, Outside 7. Honour thy Father and they Mother 8. The Fear of Freedom
9. Conclusion