[PDF] Apocalypse Delayed eBook

Author : M. James Penton
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 28,91 MB
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1442616059

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For almost thirty years, M. James Penton's Apocalypse Delayed has been the definitive scholarly study of the Jehovah's Witnesses. As a former member of the sect, Penton offers a comprehensive overview of this significant religious movement.

Author : M. James Penton
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 25,50 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802079732

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M. James Penton offers a comprehensive overview of a remarkable religious movement, from the Witnesses' inauspicious creation by a Pennsylvania preacher in the 1870s to its position as a religious sect with millions of followers world-wide. This second edition features an afterword by the author and an expanded bibliography.

Author : Ruth A. Tucker
Publisher : HarperCollins Christian Publishing
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 12,73 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780310259374

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Ruth A. Tucker's book is a comprehensive survey of all the major alternative religions in the United States, including the new groups since the 1960s.

Author : Richard G. Kyle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 24,58 MB
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 162189410X

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How will the world end? Doomsday ideas in Western history have been both persistent and adaptable, peaking at various times, including in modern America. Public opinion polls indicate that a substantial number of Americans look for the return of Christ or some catastrophic event. The views expressed in these polls have been reinforced by the market process. Whether through purchasing paperbacks or watching television programs, millions of Americans have expressed an interest in end-time events. Americans have a tremendous appetite for prophecy, more than nearly any other people in the modern world. Why do Americans love doomsday? In Apocalyptic Fever, Richard Kyle attempts to answer this question, showing how dispensational premillennialism has been the driving force behind doomsday ideas. Yet while several chapters are devoted to this topic, this book covers much more. It surveys end-time views in modern America from a wide range of perspectives--dispensationalism, Catholicism, science, fringe religions, the occult, fiction, the year 2000, Islam, politics, the Mayan calendar, and more.

Author : M. James Penton
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 14,62 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802086785

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Using materials from Witness archives, the U.S. State Department, Nazi files, and other sources, M. James Penton demonstrates that while many ordinary German Witnesses were brave in their opposition to Nazism, their leaders were quite prepared to support the Hitler government. --from publisher description

Author : Paul Gutjahr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 34,47 MB
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0190684836

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Early Americans have long been considered "A People of the Book" Because the nickname was coined primarily to invoke close associations between Americans and the Bible, it is easy to overlook the central fact that it was a book-not a geographic location, a monarch, or even a shared language-that has served as a cornerstone in countless investigations into the formation and fragmentation of early American culture. Few books can lay claim to such powers of civilization-altering influence. Among those which can are sacred books, and for Americans principal among such books stands the Bible. This Handbook is designed to address a noticeable void in resources focused on analyzing the Bible in America in various historical moments and in relationship to specific institutions and cultural expressions. It takes seriously the fact that the Bible is both a physical object that has exercised considerable totemic power, as well as a text with a powerful intellectual design that has inspired everything from national religious and educational practices to a wide spectrum of artistic endeavors to our nation's politics and foreign policy. This Handbook brings together a number of established scholars, as well as younger scholars on the rise, to provide a scholarly overview--rich with bibliographic resources--to those interested in the Bible's role in American cultural formation.

Author : Edward D. Andrews
Publisher : Christian Publishing House
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 27,4 MB
Release : 2018-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1945757787

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REVIEWING 2013 New World Translation of Jehovah’s Witnesses is going to challenge your objectivity. Being objective means that personal feelings or opinions do not influence you in considering and representing facts. Being subjective means that your understanding is based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or ideas. If the reader finds these insights offense, it might be a little mind control at work from years of being told the same misinformation repeatedly, so ponder things objectively. We can also have preconceived ideas that have been a part of our thinking for so long; we do not question them. Preconceived is an idea or opinion that is formed before having the evidence for its truth. If we are to be effective, we must season our words, so that they are received well. Then there is the term preconception, which means a preconceived idea or prejudice. Seasoned words, honesty, and accuracy are distinctive features of effective apologetic evangelism.

Author : Michael Lieb
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,67 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780822322689

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Discussses the relationship between the biblical prophet Ezekiel's vision of "wheels in the air" and the present day end-of-time concept as seen in various religious sects.