Jehovah's Witnesses in Europe : past and present / edited by Gerhard Besier and Katarzyna Stokłosa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Besier, Gerhard, editor.

Stokłosa, Katarzyna, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jehovah's Witnesses--Europe--History.

Jehovah's Witnesses.

Europe.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

volumes ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016-

Summary:

The religious association of Jehovah's Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. How Jehovah's Witnesses found their way in these countries has depended upon the way this missionary association was treated by the majority of the non-Witness population, the government and established churches. In this respect, the history of Jehovah's Witnesses in Europe is also a history of the social constitution of these countries and their willingness to accept and integrate religious minorities. Jehovah's Witnesses faced suppression and persecution not only in dictatorships, but also in some democratic states. In other countries, however, they developed in relative freedom. How the different situations in the various national societies affected the religious association and what challenges Jehovah's Witnesses had to overcome-and still do in part even until our day-is the theme of this history volume. Book jacket.

Contents:

Volume 1/1.Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Greece

Volume 1/2. Italy, Netherlands, Portugal

Volume 2. Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Romania, Scandinavia

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1443894451

9781443894456

9781443894463

144389446X

9781527504097

1527504093

OCLC:

959033011

Publisher Number:

99988523712