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Judging Jehovah's Witnesses : religious persecution and the dawn of the rights revolution / Shawn Francis Peters.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks BX 8525.7 .P48 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peters, Shawn Francis, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania--History--20th century.
- Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania.
- Jehovah's Witnesses--United States--History--20th century.
- Jehovah's Witnesses.
- Persecution--United States--History--20th century.
- Persecution.
- Freedom of religion--United States--History--20th century.
- Freedom of religion.
- United States.
- Jehovah's Witnesses--United States--20th century.
- Freedom of religion--United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©2000.
- Summary:
- "One of the worst outbreaks of religious persecution in U.S. history occured during World War II when Jehovah's Witnesses were intimidated, beaten, and even imprisoned for refusing to salute the flag or serve in the armed forces." "Determined to claim their First Amendment rights, Jehovah's Witnesses waged a tenacious legal campaign that led to twenty-three Supreme Court rulings between 1938 and 1946. Now Shawn Peters has written the first complete account of the personalities, events, and institutions behind those cases, showing that they were more than vindication for unpopular beliefs - they were also a turning point in the nation's constitutional commitment to individual rights."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction: A Turning Point for Religious Liberty
- Jehovah is My God and the Bible Is My Creed
- Felix's Fall-of-France Opinion
- They're Traitors
- the Supreme Court Says So
- A Shocking Episode of Intolerance in American Life
- Religious Persecutions Under the Guise of Law
- Starvation into Patriotism
- Boundless Courage and Unending Perseverance
- Fighting Words
- Blot Removed
- A Question of Personal Liberty
- We Will Obey God First, Last, and All the Time.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-332) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Peters, Shawn Francis, 1966- Judging Jehovah's Witnesses.
- ISBN:
- 0700610081
- 9780700610082
- 0700611827
- 9780700611829
- OCLC:
- 42475751
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