Description
From its origins in nineteenth century Adventism until the prevailing day, the Watch Tower Society has develop into one of the vital perfect known but least understood new non secular movements. Resisting the tendency to define the movement with regards to the negative, this volume offers an empathetic account of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, with out defending or in quest of to refute their beliefs. George Chryssides critically examines the historical and theological bases of the organization’s teachings and practices, and discusses the changes and continuities which have defined it. The book provides a valuable resource for scholars of latest non secular movements and recent religion.