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. Read more…
(Review by Richard Singelenberg) in Sociology of Religion, Vol 56, nr 3, pp 342-344, 1995)
This thorough Ph.D-dissertation can be considered the first comprehensive historiography of the fate of the Jehovah’s Witnesses (hereafter JW’s) in Germany during the Nazi-regime. Based on war records and complemented by interviews with JW survivors of concentration camps, the author presents an exhaustive study of a harrowing episode of religious persecution. Read more…
The ‘1975′-prophecy and its impact among Dutch Jehovah’s Witnesses Read more…
Origin, Development and Function of a Controversial Doctrine. Read more…