02998nam a2200529Ka 4500 ocn815767884 OCoLC 20200709055620.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 121102t20092008mdu obd 000 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780810870543 (electronic bk.) 0810870541 (electronic bk.) 9780810868915 0810868911 (OCoLC)815767884 494417 (N$T) BX8526 REL 096000 bisacsh 289.92 22 11.59 bcl N$TA Chryssides, George D., 1945- The A to Z of Jehovah's Witnesses [electronic resource] / George D. Chryssides. Jehovah's Witnesses Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009, c2008. 1 online resource (lxxi, 169 p.) A to Z guide series ; no. 104 Previously published in hardcover as: Historical dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-168) Editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Introduction -- The dictionary --Bibliography -- About the author. This volume shows how World Wars 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 prophecy, the doctrine of the 144,000, end-time calculations, Armageddon, and the Witnesses' denial of hell are all considered in this work, which contains a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and 250 cross-referenced dictionary entries relating to key people and concepts. 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.' Description based on print version record. Jehovah's Witnesses Dictionaries. Jehovah's Witnesses History Dictionaries. Jehova's Getuigen. gtt RELIGION / Christianity / Jehovah's Witnesses bisacsh Electronic books. Chryssides, George D., 1945- Historical dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses. Print version: Chryssides, George D., 1945- A to Z of Jehovah's Witnesses. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009, c2008 9780810868915 (OCoLC)435421500 A to Z guides ; 104. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=494417 EBSCOhost EBSC 494417 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51805 51805