Scientific Research on Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower Society
This section is intended for Scientific Researchers,
Students and other people
who are seeking objective information on JW's and the WTS
that has been written by
Scientific Researchers like Social Scientists and Scholars
of Religious Studies.
Articles by Author
Richard
Singelenberg Articles Richard Singelenberg is a Cultural
Anthropologist from the Netherlands. He is specialized in
Western Religious Subcultures.
He has also his own website.
The majority of the articles on his site are written in the
Dutch language.
Joel Elliott Articles
Joel Elliott is an expert on Jehovah's Witnesses connected
to the University of North Carolina
Bibliography
 Bibliography
Exhaustive list of Publications on Jehovah's Witnesses written
by Social Scientists, Scholars of Religious Studies, Physicians
and (ex-) Jehovah's Witnesses.
Blood
The Blood Transfusion Taboo of Jehovah's
Witnesses Origin, Development and Function of a Controversial
Doctrine (a Richard Singelenberg article).
Refusal of potentially life-saving blood
transfusions by Jehovah's Witnesses: should doctors explain
that not all JWs think it's religiously required? Raanan
Gillon, Imperial College School of Medicine, London University
Journal of Medical Ethics 2000;26:299-301.
Why some Jehovah’s Witnesses accept
blood and conscientiously reject official Watchtower Society
blood policy Lee Elder, The Associated Jehovah’s
Witnesses for Reform on Blood Journal of Medical Ethics
2000;26:37 5-380
Medical confidentiality and the protection
of Jehovah's Witnesses' autonomous refusal of blood. Osamu
Muramoto, Kaiser Permanente Northwest Division Portland, Oregon,
USA Journal of Medical Ethics 2000;26:381-386
Medical Possibilities & Ethical Aspects of Refusal of
Blood-transfusionson
See Bibliography for publications
on the Ethical aspects of the refusal of
blood-transfusions & medical possibilities when confronted
with a refusal of blood-transfusion by Jehovah's Witnesses.
More (non-scientific) articles
about Blood & Medical Issues
Book Reviews
 BOOK
REVIEW Persecution and Resistance of Jehovah’s Witnesses
During the Nazi-Regime The first time that university
scholars, high-ranking officials of the WBTS and critical
representatives of mainline churches have contributed to one
book. A review by Cultural Anthropologist Richard Singelenberg
(added 12/28/2002)
Book Review Between Resistance and
Martyrdom. The Jehovah's Witnesses in the 'Third Reich' by
Detlef Garbe (a Richard Singelenberg article).
Book Review Jehovah's Witnesses.
A Comprehensive and Selectively Annotated Bibliography, Compiled
by Jerry Bergman (a Richard Singelenberg article).
More (non-scientific) Book
Reviews
Dates
It separated the wheat from
the chaff The '1975'-prophecy and its impact among Dutch
Jehovah's Witnesses (a Richard Singelenberg article).
More (non-scientific)
articles
about Dates
Doctrine / Introduction
Jehovah's Witnesses Introduction
to Jehovah's Witnesses: Profile, History, Organization Practice,
Beliefs, Controversies, Legal Issues & Glossary
More (non-scientific) Watchtower
Doctrine Articles
Psychological & Social Issues
Stigmas and Stereotypes:
Child Custody Decisions and Jehovah's Witness Parenthood
Biased and incorrect opinions among the general population
concerning beliefs and practices of JW's, no matter how controversial,
are widespread. It appears that in some cases these sentiments
are reflected in the administration of justice (a Richard
Singelenberg article).
Language and Identity
at the Kingdom Hall Witness discourse is heavily jargonized;
it is filled with "buzz words" that immediately
differentiate themselves from both the outside world and from
other Christian groups (a Joel Elliott
article).
More (non-scientific)
articles about Psychological & Social Issues
Racial & Ethnic Issues
JWs and the Theocratic
Subversion of Ethnicity Exploration of conspicuous mechanisms
within the Watchtower Society that sustains its diverse global
constituency (a Joel Elliott article).
Jehovah's Witness Iconography
This examination of Witness iconography provides an interesting
index by which to observe the evolving international and multiethnic
self-consciousness of the Watchtower Society (a Joel
Elliott article).
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Racial & Ethnic Issues
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