LEADER 04104nam 2200661 450 001 9910809717303321 005 20230605051947.0 010 $a1-4426-6461-4 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442664616 035 $a(CKB)2670000000187410 035 $a(OCoLC)779696003 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10512794 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000647063 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11380993 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000647063 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10593379 035 $a(PQKB)11603278 035 $a(CEL)436370 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00228264 035 $a(DE-B1597)465411 035 $a(OCoLC)944178475 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442664616 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669628 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256152 035 $a(OCoLC)958580392 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/vts6xc 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669628 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106328 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000187410 100 $a20160920h19841984 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||a|| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Orwellian world of Jehovah's Witnesses /$fHeather & Gary Botting 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1984. 210 4$dİ1984 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 311 $a0-8020-6545-7 311 $a0-8020-2537-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe world view of Jehovah's Witnesses -- The historical development of Jehovah's Witnesses -- The cyclical movement of history and prophecy -- The conversion and indoctrination process -- Watch Tower literature -- Discipline and mental-regulating of youth -- The seeds of dissension -- Crisis at "the top" -- Nineteen eighty-four. 330 $aIn 1984 George Orwell described a future theocracy that demanded unity at all costs, and in which all independent thought would be eradicated. According to the authors of this book, such a theocracy now exists. They describe how, in an increasingly restrained 'New World Society', Jehovah's Witnesses busily go about the business of warning the world that their God, Jehovah, will act soon to destroy all who oppose him and his organization. For them 1984 appears to be the current unofficial deadline for Armageddon, for they believe that God promised that the generation that saw the beginning of world distress (starting with World War I in 1914) would not pass away before the end came. A biblical generation is seventy years. 1914 + 70 = 1984. Convinced that the world Is due to end, they have given up their independence to the central theocracy. The Bottings, both Witnesses, can and do answer the questions everyone asks about this sect. They examine its history, the ways in which history itself has been interpreted in the light of bible prophecy, the basic beliefs or 'symbols' in which Witnesses are required to put their faith, and the dynamics of conversion and indoctrination. They also reveal why Jehovah's Witnesses turn away from their calling by the thousands and how the sect effects a 'mental-regulating' of youth as choice is taken away from children at a very young age. The sect is not only subject to forces of dissidence and disaffection from its membership, it has also been subject to a major rift within its headquarters. This event and what was done about it are also described. The authors conclude this serious, concerned, probing but readable study with an exploration of parallels between the contemporary Jehovah's Witness sect and the world described by George Orwell in 1984. 606 $aJehovah's Witnesses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aJehovah's Witnesses. 676 $a289.9/2 700 $aBotting$b Heather Denise Harden$01709751 702 $aBotting$b Gary Norman Arthur$f1943- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809717303321 996 $aThe Orwellian world of Jehovah's Witnesses$94099780 997 $aUNINA