Jehovah's Witnesses [[electronic resource] ] : portrait of a contemporary religious movement / / Andrew Holden
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| Autore: |
Holden Andrew <1964->
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| Titolo: |
Jehovah's Witnesses [[electronic resource] ] : portrait of a contemporary religious movement / / Andrew Holden
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 289.9/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Jehovah's Witnesses |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-201) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Jehovah's Witnesses Portrait of a contemporary religious movement; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The end is nigh; 2 The Jehovah's Witnesses in the modern world; 3 Finding a home; 4 Rational means to rational ends; 5 Returning to Eden; 6 Inside, outside; 7 Honour thy father and thy mother; 8 The fear of freedom; 9 Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This is the first major study of the enigmatic religious society. By examining the Jehovah's Witnesses' dramatic recent expansion, Andrew Holden reveals the dependency of their quasi-totalitarian movement on the physical and cultural resources have brought about the privatization of religion, the erosion of community, and the separation of 'fact' from faith. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Jehovah's Witnesses |
| ISBN: | 1-134-50151-X |
| 1-280-33550-5 | |
| 0-585-45314-4 | |
| 0-203-45877-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782947703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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