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McWhite, D. Allen. "A planned strategy for evangelizing Jehovah's Witnesses." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
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Hirch, Waldemar. "Die Glaubensgemeinschaft der Zeugen Jehovas während der SED-Diktatur : unter besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Observierung und Unterdrückung durch das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit /." Frankfurt am Main [u.a.] : Lang, 2003. http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0e7i1-aa.
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Kacarab, Katherine Elizabeth. "A Burkean analysis of Jehovah's Witness apocalyptic rhetoric." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3315.
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This thesis uses principles from Burke's Rhetoric of Identification to examine how apocalyptic prophecies foster and maintain an apocalyptic group identity. Jehovah's Witnesses were used as a sample apocalyptic group because they comprise a group with a heavy textual and symbolic focus on the apocalypse.
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Taylor, Kenneth William-Moran. "Herman L. Midlo: Social Ally in Louisiana Religious Civil Rights." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2019. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2647.
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The study of social allies in the field of American Civil Rights and Liberties History is largely an underappreciated aspect of this historical era. This work argues that social allies and their stories are worthwhile histories that are beneficial to the study of American Civil Rights and Liberties using Louisiana lawyer Herman Lazard Midlo as a case study. Midlo worked as a Louisiana lawyer from the 1930s to 1960s and fought tirelessly for the religious liberties of the Jehovah’s Witness community in the state. His story shows how beneficial and consequential the actions of social allies have had and can have on the protection and expansion of civil rights and religious liberties.
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Masuch, Christina. "Doppelstaat DDR : eine Untersuchung anhand der Verfolgungsgeschichte der Zeugen Jehovas in der SBZ/DDR 1945-1990 /." Berlin : BWV, Berliner Wiss.-Verl., 2009. http://d-nb.info/997753471/04.
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Burris, Allen Wayne. "A critique of the Jehovah's Witnesses' teaching concerning future punishment." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.
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Holden, Andrew. "Millenarianism, risk and modernity : an ethnography of the Jehovah's Witnesses." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302365.
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Baran, Emily B. Raleigh Donald J. "Contested victims Jehovah's Witnesses and the Russian Orthodox Church, 1990-2004 /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,90.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.Title from electronic title page (viewed Oct. 10, 2007). ".. in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History." Discipline: History; Department/School: History.
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Jansson, Tove. "Jag hade inte förmånen att födas in i sanningen : Tidigare trosuppfattningar och senare omvändelse hos personer som tillhör Jehovas Vittnen." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-61778.
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This study focuses on the previous beliefs of persons who are active in Jehovas Witnesses. It also focuses on the circumstances which made the person enter the organisation. Seven persons, four women and three men were subjects for my question in this study. The question formulations are as follows: How does the person’s previous beliefs look like? Are there any circumstances which may have made the person enter Jehovas Witnesses? How does the membership in the organisation give the person meaning? The persons are all living in the area of Småland, in south of Sweden. The conclusion is that all of the informants have in some way expressed some sort of faith, weather it consists of a believe in God, a guardian angel or something else.
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Schmidt, Robert. "Religiöse Selbstbehauptung und staatliche Repression : eine Untersuchung über das religiös-vermittelte, alltägliche und konspirative Handeln der Zeugen Jehovas unter den Bedingungen von Verbot und Verfolgung in der SBZ/DDR 1945 - 1989 ; Fallstudien aus der Stadt Leipzig und der Region Zittau/Oberlausitz /." Berlin : Logos-Verl, 2003. http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/rezensionen/2003-4-113.
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Bergqvist, Gisela. "Vem är jag nu? : Identitetens påverkan hos unga vuxna som vuxit upp som Jehovas Vittnen och blivit uteslutna." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för arbetshälsovetenskap och psykologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-35090.
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Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur identiteten hos unga vuxna som vuxit upp inom Jehovas Vittnen påverkas av en uteslutning. Detta utifrån den sociala identitetsteorin och Marcia´s teori om identitetstatusarna i en identitetsutveckling. Studien var kvalitativ med semistrukturerade intervjuer med åtta unga vuxna fd. Jehovas Vittnen som vuxit upp i organisationen. Den induktiva tematiska analysen gav tre huvudteman; In- och utgrupps tänkande; underordnande och lydnad samt begynnande distansering och uppvaknande. Ett av resultaten var att deltagarna hade lärt sig redan som barn ett in- och utgruppstänk. och att utifrån denna sociala identifiering begränsades deltagarnas umgänge, till att endast umgås med ingruppen och undvika att umgås med personer i utgruppen. Detta fick effekter vid uteslutning i uppbyggandet av nya sociala relationer, där de saknade referensramar om hur de skulle agera i vissa sammanhang, de visste inte vad som förväntades av dem i samhället, de saknade helhetsbilden av samhället och dess sociala samspel.The purpose of the study was to examine how the identity of young adults raised within Jehovah's Witnesses is affected by exclusion. This is based on the social identity theory and Marcia’s theory of the identity statuses in an identity development. The study was qualitative with semi-structured interviews with eight young adults formerly. Jehovah's Witnesses who grew up in the organization. The inductive thematic analysis yielded three main themes; In- and out-group thinking; subordination and obedience as well as incipient distancing and awakening. One of the results was that the participants had already learned an in- and out-group thinking as children. and that on the basis of this social identification, the participants' contact was limited to only spending time with the ingroup and avoiding contact with people in the outgroup. This had the effect of exclusion in the building of new social relationships, where they lacked a frame of reference on how to act in certain contexts, they did not know what was expected of them in society, they lacked the overall picture of society and its social interaction.
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Lynn, Nathan R. McDaniel Charles A. "Coexistent inconsistency the Supreme Court, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the expansion of religious liberties /." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5099.
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Henderson, Jennifer Jacobs. "Hayden Covington, the Jehovah's Witnesses and their plan to expand First Amendment freedoms /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6183.
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Larsson, Therese. "Att lämna Jehovas Vittnen : Beskrivningar på reddit.com /r/exjw av makt, motstånd och relationella konsekvenser i utträdesprocessen." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-432287.
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This study aims to examine power, control, resistance, and the relationalconsequences of leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses. The analysis focused on eightnarratives from the internet forum reddit.com, /r/exjw, where authors describeprocesses in which they challenge their belonging to the organization. The materialhas been analysed using qualitative content analysis, Bromley’s theory of thedisaffiliation process and Raven and French’s theory of power/interaction andinterpersonal influence. The findings point to four tendencies about how certainmembers Jehovah’s Witnesses tried to exert control over (former) members whowant to leave the organization; by controlling resources and social relationships,inflicting harm, engaging in emotional manipulation, and surveillance. None ofthese activities led to increased engagement among those who were the target, butthese actions could slow down the exit process. The study also show thatindividual's resistance was expressed in different ways, through protest, reducedcommitment, intellectual exploration, engagement in new social networks, selfassertion and by disaffiliation. Acts of resistance that were openly expressed tendedto lead to increased control by members of the religious community. The socialconsequences for individuals who (wanted to) leave the organization weredescribed as conflicts, neglect, and rejection.
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Alfredsson, Antonia. "Herrens måltid : En komparativ litteraturstudie om nattvardsfirandet i Svenska kyrkan, Pingst och Jehovas vittnen." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Jönköping University, HLK, Ämnesforskning, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-49646.
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The aim of this essay is to examine the eucharist in three denominations of Christianity, namely Svenska kyrkan, Pingst and Jehovah’s witnesses. These groups are examined individually, followed by a comparison of the different views of the eucharist. The information the examination is based on are different official documents provided by the named denominations’ theologians and elders for both members of the church as well as the public. The comparison is followed by a discussion about the relationship between the denominations’ view on eucharist and their ecclesiology, i.e. their view of the church. The results show that the differences between them are much due to the sources they use to support their claims as well as their individual history. The similarities are found to be due to a general desire to unite all members of the congregation and to let everyone take part in a collective connection with Christ regardless of whether or not the partakers roles in the church. The discussion about the relationship between the three denominations’ relationships between eucharist and ecclesiology show that the eucharist is a somewhat good representation of the general denominations’ views. This conclusion aligns with the view of Scott W. Bullard’s research about the relationship between the eucharist and the church, where the result is that the eucharist is a foundation of the church’s construction and organization.
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Klein, Julie A. "Faith on Trial| Persecution and Resistance of Jehovah's Witnesses in North Rhine-Westphalia during the Third Reich." Thesis, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10127208.
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In the study of the Holocaust and the genocidal policies of the Nazi regime, emphasis is most frequently placed on the attempted extermination of the Jewish population of Europe. While this focus is not misplaced, the result of this focus often forces other persecuted groups into the background. The persecution of the Jehovah’s Witnesses of Germany is often given limited attention in Holocaust historiography. Although not designated for extermination like the Jews, the Nazi regime sought to bring about an end to the presence of this religious sect, viewing the Witnesses as a threat to the unity of the German Reich. This paper draws on the theories of Benedict Anderson and Hannah Arendt and uses the region of present-day North Rhine-Westphalia as a case study in an effort to explain how and why the Jehovah’s Witnesses (unlike other sectarian religions) came to be seen as enemies of the Reich. It is estimated that there were 2,500 documented cases of state-sponsored persecution inflicted upon Witnesses living in North Rhine-Westphalia. The types of persecution varied from trial and imprisonment in concentration camps, to the removal of children from the care of their parents, to execution. Although the numbers of individuals targeted do not rival those of the Jews, their marginalization in the study of the Holocaust and genocide limits our understanding of the scope of this crime against humanity. This paper is an attempt to correct this deficiency.
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Olofsson, Erik. "En vy från Vakttornet : En kvalitativ studie av Jehovas vittnens diskurser kring den svenska gymnasieskolans kurs- och läroplansinnehåll." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-149306.
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The following study examines the conflicting discourses between the swedish school system andthe Christian denomination of Jehovah’s witnesses on the swedish upper secondary schoolcurriculum and its subject content. The purpose has been to identify if the discourses present avalue conflict with school interests and discuss both how these are different and why they constitutea conflict. This has been achieved by examining the religious body’s recent publications on thesubject through a discourse analysis method.The study shows that there are several themes in the swedish upper secondary schoolcurriculum and subject content in which Jehovah’s witnesses have discourses conflicting with theschool’s own, possibly constituting practical issues in the day to day education of students. Themain conflicts lies within the areas of social integration of students, the non-denominationalcharacter of the school system, sex education, the stance of religious pluralism taken in the subjectof religious studies, historical method and the subject content of natural science primarilyconcerning evolutionary biology. The study also concludes that there is a wide gap and lack ofinformation surrounding these conflicts and how teachers and other school staff should approach oravoid them. This ultimately derives from a lack of research around the subject and deficientguidelines from the Swedish National Agency for Education surrounding not only how to approachstudents that are Jehovah’s witnesses but religious discourses surrounding the curriculum andschool subjects in general.
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Mundell, Grant D. "Exploring Therapeutic Experiences of Gay Male Clients Who Currently Identify, or Who Formerly Identified, as One of Jehovah's Witnesses." Thesis, Union Institute and University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10170627.
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Gay men from conservative Christian denominations like the Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW), where a non-heterosexual identity is considered ungodly, experience difficulties integrating their sexual identity into such a religious identity (Brooke, 2005). This study explored the therapeutic experiences of gay male individuals who aspired to reconcile their spiritual identities as current, or former Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs) with their concurrent non-heterosexual identities. The purpose of this research was to identify specific interventions and processes in therapy that these individuals highlight as having helped them (or hindered them) syncretize their gay sexual orientation with their spiritual beliefs and practices.
Utilizing elements of the Enhanced Critical Incident Technique (Butterfield, Borgen, Maglio, & Amundson, 2005) eight gay men who are, or were, Jehovah’s Witnesses and who had participated in psychotherapy were interviewed in order to identify aspects of their therapeutic experience that they found helped them in their desire to integrate their religious identities and their sexual orientation. Elements of the psychotherapy experience that participants identified as important included the establishment of a safe therapeutic environment, the therapists’ use of self-disclosure and active engagement in therapy, the therapists’ willingness to learn about Jehovah’s Witnesses’ beliefs, and the importance of the therapists’ cultural competence in professional practice. The findings of the study revealed that client-therapist connection, therapeutic engagement, and the act of empowering gay JW clients were critical in facilitating the integration of competing sexual and religious identities for the participants. The best practices identified by the participants can inform the development of culture-specific training for therapists who treat JW gay men, and suggest areas for further research.
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Silva, Gleicy Mailly da. "Caminhando pelas ruas, batendo de porta em porta = dinamica religiosa e experiencia social entre testemunhas de Jeova no campo religioso brasileiro." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/279337.
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Orientador: Ronaldo Romulo Machado de AlmeidaDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas
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Resumo: As Testemunhas de Jeová, representadas juridicamente pela Sociedade Torre de Vigia, se formaram nos Estados Unidos, em 1870, à luz de movimentos protestantes fundamentalistas que emergiram no mesmo período, e se consolidaram a partir de uma doutrina rigorosa, fortemente restritiva. Esta pesquisa busca compreender, considerando a dinâmica interna deste grupo, o que faz com que ele se mantenha coeso numa comunidade aparentemente tão restritiva no contexto do campo religioso brasileiro, cuja característica, como inúmeras análises vêm demonstrando, é a intensa flexibilidade entre doutrinas e práticas religiosas. Ao analisar e dar visibilidade aos meios dos quais lançaram mão para crescerem, se organizarem, se expandirem e se manterem no campo religioso, fica evidente a tensão entre mobilidade e radicalidade. Desse modo, termos redutores como "fundamentalismo" e "proselitismo" são colocados em perspectiva, considerando importantes dimensões de conflito que, por fim, inserem as Testemunhas de Jeová nesta dinâmica. É a capacidade de conviverem, rivalizarem, cooptarem, reinventando suas crenças e práticas quando necessário, que torna o grupo flexível de um modo bastante particular, ainda que pareça rígido, onde as mudanças tornam-se recursos importantes para manterem suas crenças e distinção em meio às transformações pelas quais tem passado o campo religioso
Abstract: The Jehovah's Witnesses, legally represented by the Watch Tower Bible Society, were formed in the United States, in 1870, in the light of fundamentalists protestants movements which had emerged at the same period, and solidified themselves through a rigorous doctrine, strongly restrictive. This research investigates, considering its internal dynamics, what sustains group cohesion in a community apparently so restrictive in Brazilian religious field context, whose characteristic, as many analyses hás demonstrated, is its intense flexibility between several doctrines and religious practices. By analyzing and giving visibility to the means from which they had resorted for develop, organize, expand and support themselves in the religious field, it is evident the tension between mobility and radicalism. Thereby, limited terms as "fundamentalism" and "proselytism" are placed in perspective, considering important conflict dimensions that, finally, insert the Jehovah's Witnesses in this dynamics.It is the capacity of live together, contend, coopt, reinventing their beliefs and practices whenever necessary, that turns the group flexible in a very particular way, even if it seems strict, where changes become important resources to sustain their beliefs and distinctiveness amid the modifications by which the religious field has been crossing over
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Castro, Eduardo Goes de. "A torre sob vigia: as Testemunhas de Jeová em São Paulo (1930-1954)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8138/tde-02012008-102727/.
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Esse trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a ação das Testemunhas de Jeová, seita religiosa milenarista norte-americana, em São Paulo, entre os anos de 1930 e 1954. Em meio aos governos de Vargas e Dutra, à Segunda Guerra Mundial e ao início da Guerra Fria, a \"Sociedade Torre de Vigia de Bíblias e Tratados\" - nome jurídico adotado pelas Testemunhas de Jeová no Brasil - teve suas publicações confiscadas, membros presos e seu registro de atividades proscrito no país entre 1940 e 1947. Sob alegações diversas e contraditórias, as Testemunhas de Jeová foram acusadas de propagandear o nazismo, o fascismo, o anarquismo e o comunismo, em vista de proclames como a não prestação de serviço militar obrigatório, não saudação de símbolos nacionais, não transfusão de sangue e de seu proselitismo anticlerical, feito de porta em porta pelas ruas da cidade. Acreditando-se \"missionários pioneiros\" em meio a uma realidade supersticiosa católica, as Testemunhas de Jeová reeditaram no Brasil, a partir da década de 20, o mesmo discurso utilizado pelos puritanos ingleses que colonizaram a América no século XVII: tratavam-se do \"povo eleito\" de Deus na Terra que se dizia em combate com organizações \"satânicas\" e \"obscurantistas\", como a Igreja Católica. A despeito do estreitamento das relações entre Brasil e Estados Unidos no final dos anos 30, de nossa definitiva entrada na Segunda Guerra Mundial ao lado dos Aliados, e da cooperação verificada entre os dois países no período pós-guerra na luta contra o comunismo, as Testemunhas de Jeová, uma organização religiosa norteamericana, foram perseguidas no país, talvez por também reeditarem no Brasil a retórica mítica de construção dos Estados Unidos, de sua defesa de liberdade de culto e do sistema democrático de governo - em oposição ao Catolicismo e ao subdesenvolvimento brasileiros. Neste sentido, buscamos perceber até que ponto a perseguição policial e judicial empreendida contra essa organização religiosa, que contava com menos de 1000 adeptos até 1947, encontrava eco no estreitamento de interesses entre a Igreja Católica e o Estado brasileiros.This study focuses on the action of the Jehovah\'s Witnesses, a North American millenary religious sect, in São Paulo, between 1930 and 1954. During Vargas and Dutra\'s governments, the Second World War and the beginning of the Cold War, the Watchtower Society (\"Sociedade Torre de Vigia de Bíblias e Tratados\") - juridical name adopted in Brazil by the Jehovah\'s Witnesses - publications had been confiscated, its members had been arrested and the registry of activities had been exiled from the country between 1940 and 1947. Under various and contradictory claims, the Jehovah\'s Witnesses had been charged with advertising the nazism, fascism, anarchism and communism, based on the lack of rendering obligatory military service, lack of salutation of the national symbols, lack of blood transfusion and anticlergy proselytism, made everywhere in the city. Believing that they were the \"first missionaries\" on a superstitious Catholic reality, the Jehovah\'s Witnesses reissued in Brazil, from the twenties on, the same speech that was used by the English Puritan who settled America on the 17th century: they were the \"elected people\" by God on Earth and told they were here to struggle with the \"devilish\" and \"obscurantist\" organizations, such as the Catholic Church. Despite the narrowing between Brazilian and American relationship at the end of the thirties, our real entrance at the Second World War with the Allied and the checked help between both countries at the post-war period against the Communism, the Jehovah\'s Witnesses, a North American organization, had been chased in the country, maybe because they also reissued in Brazil the mythical rhetorical of the USA construction, in the defense of cult freedom and democratic system - different from the Brazilian Catholicism and undergrown. Based on these, we intend to see at which extent the judicial and political chasing against this religious organization, which had less than followers until 1947, found the echo on the benefits narrowing between the Catholic Church and the Brazilian states.
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Simões, Marco Antonio. "As Testemunhas de Jeová e o Regime Nazista: uma análise das causas ideológicas do conflito." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2016. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/18788.
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The objective of this paper is to analyze the confrontation occurred between the German Nazi Party and the religious group Jehovah's Witnesses, called at the time Bibelforschers (Bible Students). The group has positioned itself ideologically against the Nazi Party's proposals, and did so adamantly, that became the subject of an intensity of persecution proportionally higher than the other persecuted religious groups and banned by the regime, as will be shown. The research will examine the emergence and development of the group, emphasizing the establishment of the doctrines that made possible confrontation. Also it will examine the development of Nazi ideology in ways that opposed the position expressed by the group. About the Nazi party, it will still be analyzed as he himself being a religion. The strategies for survival adopted by other groups will also be studied for contextualization purposes. Finally, some illustrative facts of the conflict itself will be presented and analyzed, as a demonstration of the materialization of the ideological conflict. Although Jehovah's Witnesses have been studied in other ways, it is possible to see that the conflict of this group with the Nazi Party has been little studied in Brazil, perhaps because of being a small group in Germany in the period treated by this research. And when mentioned, it is usually under an aspect eminently historic. The purpose of this work is to identify the ideological causes of the conflict
O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar o confronto ocorrido entre o Partido Nazista alemão e o grupo religioso Testemunhas de Jeová, chamados na época de Bibelforschers (Estudantes da Bíblia). O grupo posicionou-se ideologicamente contra as propostas do Partido Nazista, e o fez de maneira inflexível, a ponto de se tornar alvo de uma perseguição de intensidade proporcionalmente superior aos demais grupos religiosos perseguidos ou banidos pelo Regime, como será demonstrado. A pesquisa examinará o surgimento e desenvolvimento do grupo, com ênfase na constituição das doutrinas que possibilitaram o confronto. Também examinará o desenvolvimento da ideologia nazista, nos aspectos em que se opôs à posição manifesta pelo grupo. Sobre o partido nazista, ainda será feita uma análise como ele mesmo sendo uma religião. Estratégias de sobrevivência de outros grupos também serão estudadas como parâmetro de contextualização. Por fim, alguns fatos ilustrativos do conflito propriamente serão apresentados e analisados, como demonstração da materialização do embate ideológico. Embora as Testemunhas de Jeová tenham sido objeto de estudo sob outros aspectos, é possível constatar que o embate deste grupo com o Partido Nazista tem sido pouco abordado no Brasil, talvez devido a tratar-se de um grupo pequeno na Alemanha no período tratado nesta pesquisa. Ainda que o seja por vezes, o aspecto considerado é eminentemente histórico. O propósito deste trabalho é identificar e analisar as causas ideológicas do conflito
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Kim, Hyangmo. "Contextualized biblical hermeneutics in Korea and South Africa and decontextualized biblical hermeneutics in Jehovah's witnesses : in search of voices from the margin." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8607.
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Bibliography: leaves 100-108.This thesis is in search of voices from the margin in biblical hermeneutics. Firstly, biblical hermeneutics in the third world (Korea and South Africa) is marginalized by European biblical hermeneutics. However, their biblical hermeneutics plays significant roles in a political and cultural context in the name of the same God. Therefore, from a historical viewpoint, this thesis compares and analyses ’contextualized biblical hermeneutics’ in Korea and South Africa. in the process, this thesis reveals that their voices have significance. From a cultural aspect, Koreans’ unique Christian religious practices, which were characterized by ‘early-morning prayers’, ‘audible prayers’ and ‘rice contribution’, induced Christianity to be transformed into Korean Christianity. Similarly, Africans interpreted the Bible without losing their traditional cultural assets such as ‘ancestor worship’, ‘polygamy’, ‘music & dance‘, and ‘healing’. Furthermore, they developed and transformed Christianity into the African Christianity through their own agencies, AIC (African indigenous Churches). On the other hand, from a political aspect, whether Europeans (Afrikaners) or black South Africans; whether Japanese or Koreans; whether oppressors or oppressed, the Bible was the object of political interpretation for strengthening Bible readers’ political power in each context. in other words, Bible reading was contextualized given political context of each Bible reader. if Bible reading was important to Europeans, so it was also vital to Koreans and South Africans. This is because the Bible has been interpreted on the basis of Bible readers’ context in history, whether in European, Korean or South African cultural and political contexts. On this ground, there is no reason why Korean and South African biblical hermeneutics should be disregarded by European biblical hermeneutics. In the name of Korean Christianity or South African Christianity, they must have their voices. Secondly, biblical hermeneutics of Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs)' is marginalized in the name of heresy by Christendom, which includes mainline churches in Europe, South Africa and Korea. However, their biblical hermeneutics plays important roles in unifying people of different contexts on the basis of the same Bible. Therefore, this thesis reveals the significance of their ‘decontextualized biblical hermeneutics’ through exemplary biblical interpretations. In the process, their voices have significance. From a cultural aspect, JWs' missionaries arrived comparatively later than mainline church missionaries. Accordingly, they did not have to get through cultural conflicts between traditional cultural norms and biblical norms. On this ground, their biblical interpretation could be applied in a global dimension, which reveals a sur-cultural aspect. In particular, their ‘house-to-house preaching work’ and ‘abstaining from blood transfusion’ are their representative religious practices, whether in Korea or South Africa. From a political aspect, .JWs have not participated in wars, military service or military training. Therefore, they have been persecuted by governments and military authorities. Worse still, they have been branded as heretics by Christendom. Nonetheless, on the basis of ‘decontextualized biblical hermeneutics’, this thesis puts an emphasis on various biblical reasons why they consistently have rejected and continue to reject military service. Central theme of their Bible reading is based on God's Kingdom beyond their political and cultural context. Nonetheless, this theme of God's Kingdom provides JWs with great strength, with which they are able to live in global unity. On this stance, they did not take part in the past tragic political history, whether in Korea or South Africa. Lastly, even though diverse and pluralistic biblical interpretation was a threat rather than a productive challenge to church authority, this thesis reveals that a dichotomous category could be the first step in reading the Bible for contemporary Bible readers in the name of ‘contextualized and decontextualized biblical hermeneutics.’
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Mellström, Linn. "Jehovas vittnen i Sverige i ljuset av sekularisering : Deras metoder för att motverka sekulariseringens effekter." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-34521.
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The reason behind this essay has been to study if previous research is relevant for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Sweden and see if secularization has affected the organization or not. The empirical material is made from two qualitative group- interviews and open observations during two meetings in the Kingdom Hall. These studies were performed in Oskarshamn and Mönsterås during the month of February. The reason that these studies have been limited to Oskarshamn and Mönsterås is mainly because they were the only ones willing to do an interview. According to previous research by James A. Beckfors and Andrew Holden, it has been shown that the Jehovah’s Witnesses hasn’t been affected by secularization, neither by new interpretations nor from the decrease of predicators. In my study, the interviewees have experienced secularization over the last 10-15 years while they are out preaching the religion. The organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Sweden has been setting up rules for the members to follow, such as not live together before marriage or not get tattoos. This is rules set up to keep a distance between the members and the society and therefore the organization avoid the secularization.
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M’boge, Fredriksson Lucille A., and Angelika Torbjörnsson. "När ett Jehovas vittne avsäger sig blodtransfusion : Etiska problem som kan uppstå hos vårdaren vid en livsavgörande situation." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen för Vårdvetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-20554.
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Samfundet Jehovas vittnen avsäger sig blodtransfusion på grund av sin religiösa tro. Sjukvården ställs inför etiska problem när det uppstår en situation då patienten behöver blodprodukter. För vårdaren uppstår etiska konflikter mellan viljan att rädda liv, medicinska och juridiska aspekter samt patientens autonomi. Syftet med vår uppsats är att belysa de etiska problem som vårdaren kan möta i sjukvårdspraxis. Metoden som använts är en kvalitativ litteraturstudie och bygger på fyra vetenskapliga artiklar och en avhandling. I resultatet framgick det att det är en konfliktfylld situation då patienten nekar blodtransfusion och vårdaren har en roll att rädda liv men då går emot patientens självbestämmanderätt. De olika företrädarna för professionerna har olika syn på hälsa. Sjuksköterskan försätts i en konflikt mellan att respektera patientens autonomi eller att utföra läkarordinationen. För vårdpersonalen uppstår ytterligare ett problem när patienten är medvetslös och inte kan ge sin aktuella ståndpunkt gällande behandling. I resultatdiskussionen belyser vi att det inte finns några konkreta lösningar på de etiska problemen och att sjukvårdarna är dåligt förberedda på att hantera situationer som dessa. Vårdpersonal bör vara medveten om vilken inverkan kultur och religion har på människors liv och hur man ser på hälsa och sjukdom. Utbildning inom etik menar vi är en förutsättning för att kunna hantera de etiska problem som uppstår när patienten tillhörande Jehovas vittne avsäger sig blodtransfusion. Bristande kunskap i sjukvårdspraxis finns och därför behövs det vidare forskning och utbildning inom området för att kunna hantera dessa etiska problem.Program: Sjuksköterskeutbildning
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Caldas, Edson da Silva. "Cidadania e convicções religiosas: um estudo a partir das Testemunhas de Jeová." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), 2018. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/6754.
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Religião e cidadania são termos carregados de significado em nossa sociedade. Neste sentido, este trabalho tem por objetivo compreender a concepção de cidadania das Testemunhas de Jeová, um grupo religioso que a partir de uma visão de mundo peculiar, além de fazer distinção entre os integrantes da Organização de Jeová e os demais membros da sociedade, considera que as normas vigentes na primeira são superiores às leis que vigem na segunda. Deste modo, todas as escolhas feitas pelos integrantes dessa organização ocorrem em função desse entendimento, o que resulta em um exercício de cidadania moldado por convicções religiosas, tal como por ela concebido, em consequência de interpretações bíblicas peculiares. Para atender ao proposto, inicialmente são feitas algumas considerações sobre a história do movimento, seguidas por uma abordagem sobre alguns aspectos relativos à visão de mundo, ponderações sobre o processo de formação de cidadãos do Reino de Deus e finalmente algumas considerações sobre a concepção de cidadania desses religiosos.
Religion and citizenship are terms full of meanings in our society. In this direction, this work has as an aim to comprehend the conception of citizenship of Jehovah’s Witnesses’, a religious group that from a peculiar view of world, besides making a distinction between the members of Jehovah’s Organization and the other members of the society, it considers that the current rules in the first one are superior to the laws that are held in the second one. So, all the choices made by the members of this organization occur from this understanding, which results in an exercise of citizenship, framed by religious convictions, such as conceived by it, in consequence of peculiar biblical comprehension. In order to attend the proposed study, some considerations about the history of the movement are initially made, followed by an approach about some aspects related to the view of world, deliberations about the process of formation of Kingdom of God's citizens and at last, some considerations about the conception of citizenship of these religious people.
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Carbonneau, André 1952. "Conscientious objectors to a medical treatment - what are the rules?" Thesis, McGill University, 1999. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30290.
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Patients who refuse a specific medical treatment for religious reasons must often overcome strongly entrenched presumptions held by physicians and judges, presumptions frequently based on personal values. A case in point is the refusal of blood transfusion therapy by Jehovah's Witnesses.This paper rests on the following theory: The sanctity of life principle is not necessarily violated by respecting the autonomous decision of a patient who, for religious or moral reasons, chooses one therapy over another that may be favored by the treating physician. Where a patient has decided for conscientious reasons against a certain treatment in any given medical situation, the need to be informed will shift from the patient to the physician. The physician must understand the nature of the religious or moral conviction, as well as his own moral and legal obligation to respect the patient's wishes by providing the best medical care under the circumstances.
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Karlsson, Linda. ""Jag hade fått nog! Av allt man inte fick göra. Av att känna mig som världens sämsta människa" : - En kvalitativ studie i religionssociologi om svensk nyhetsmedias porträttering av kvinnliga avhoppare från Jehovas vittnen." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Religionssociologi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-385270.
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This essay aims to identify and illustrate, in relation to Stig Hjarvards (2013) theory of mediatization, the factors for defection that Swedish news media portray as decisive for women leaving Jehovah´s witnesses. The material consist of six news articles collected from four different news media who all published stories about women which defected from Jehovah´s witnesses. The method of the essay is a transversal text analysis and the program Open Code 4.03 has been used to assess the results. The process of coding was abductive which means, inthis essay, that the categories used in Open Code was mainly created based on the presented previous research on religious defection but also by a thoroughly reading of the articles. This genereted in five overall themes: family, external factors, organizational, world view and mental health. The factors for defection that is brought up by the articles is categorized in these themes. The result was then analyzed based on Hjarvards (2013) theory of mediatization and his explanations to it by these three metaphors of media; media as conduits, media as languages and journalism on media. The analyzed results indicated, among other things, factors for defection regarding deprivation of freedom, prohibition within the movement and unequal conditions for men and women. The results also showed medias aim to enforce factors connected to love and sex to create entertainment value. According to my interpretation of Hjarvards (2013) theory the results shows news medias desire to be an institution that criticalexamines religious organizations that do not fit in with secular norms of Swedish society.
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Dias, Cleberson. "“Quão atemorizante é este lugar! Não é senão a casa de deus e este é o portão dos céus”: prolegômenos à hermenêutica do discurso religioso e do comportamento das testemunhas de Jeová na associação torre de vigia de bíblias e tratados." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2016. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/19068.
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The main purpose of this research was to analyze, focusing on the hermeneutic perspective, the relationship between religious speech, originated from the biblical exegesis made by the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, and the standardization and organization of behavior, in particular, of the witness of Jehovah serving at Bethel, community fundamentally interconnected with the Association Watchtower Bible and Tract, which is basically their legal reason, located on Highway SP-141, Km 43, in Cesario Lange / SP. This is the place where all the preaching work is organized and publications are translated, printed and distributed for free during the preaching process. As a central character, the bethelite provided all the necessary content to our research. His daily experience was widely considered in the analisys from the subject behavior inside the total instituitions, within the same proportion in which we assessed theorical basis of understanding the faith experience and its deployment Michel Foucault and Erving Goffman offered support hermeneutic for understanding the religious discourse in Bethelite behavior. This was the analysis and understanding of religious experience in everyday life level, in their practices and contradictions, within the context of the headquarters of Jehovah‘s Witnesses in Brazil. The project aimed to answer the following problem: what is observed in Bethel can be described as alienation and domestication of behavior or as a conscious and sincere desire for inner discipline and collaboration in the production of all materials used in the ―preaching‖ of Jehovah's Witnesses? Beforehand, this dichotomy has justified the need to put the ―Tower under watching.‖
O objetivo central dessa pesquisa foi analisar, privilegiando a perspectiva hermenêutica, a relação entre o discurso religioso, originado a partir da exegese bíblica feita pelo Corpo Governante das Testemunhas de Jeová, e a normatização e organização do comportamento, em específico, das testemunhas de Jeová que servem em Betel, comunidade fundamentalmente interligada à Associação Torre de Vigia de Bíblias e Tratados, sendo esta basicamente a sua razão jurídica, localizada na Rodovia SP-141, Km 43, em Cesário Lange/SP. É a partir dali que se organiza a sua obra de pregação no Brasil e se traduzem e imprimem as publicações a serem distribuídas gratuitamente em seu trabalho de pregação. Personagem fundamental, o betelita forneceu o conteúdo necessário à nossa pesquisa. A sua experiência quotidiana foi largamente considerada na análise do comportamento dos sujeitos no interior de Instituições Totais, na mesma proporção em que avaliamos a capacidade do cabedal teórico de entender a experiência de fé e seus desdobramentos. Michel Foucault e Erving Goffman ofereceram o suporte hermenêutico para a compreensão do discurso religioso no comportamento do betelita. Tratou-se da análise e compreensão da experiência religiosa no nível quotidiano, em suas práticas e contradições, inseridas no contexto da sede das Testemunhas de Jeová no Brasil. O trabalho pretendeu responder o seguinte problema: o que se observa em Betel pode ser descrito como alienação e domesticação do comportamento ou como desejo consciente de disciplina interior e de colaboração na confecção de todo o material usado no ―trabalho de campo‖ das Testemunhas de Jeová? De antemão, essa dicotomia justificou a necessidade de colocar a ―Torre sob vigia‖
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Frisk, Gabriel, and John Jiton. "Fången mellan två världar : Sektavhoppares psykosociala problematik." Thesis, Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-9583.
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The purpose of this thesis is to study the personal problems that can occur when defecting from a destructive cult, and what kind of support you may need from social authorities. The aim is to develop guidelines for social workers who are in contact with sect defectors. It’s a qualitative study based on interviews with six defectors from Jehovah’s witnesses. The results shows that all the defectors that have been interviewed have had anxiety problems, lost contact with friends and relatives, low level of education, and low self esteem when defecting or after. Most respondents have reported that they have had thoughts of suicide. It also occurs that respondents have had eating disorders, psychosomatic problems, drug abuse, lack of knowledge about society and have felt threatened and harassed in connection with the defection. These psychosocial problems that have been ascertained to constitute areas where social authorities should aid sect defectors. In accordance with the purpose of this thesis, guidelines are formed for social workers.
Syftet med undersökningen är att undersöka den personliga problematik som kan uppstå vid avhopp från en destruktiv sekt och de behov av stöd och hjälp man kan behöva ha från sociala myndigheter. Avsikten med studien är att försöka utveckla vägledande anvisningar för socialarbetare som kommer i kontakt med avhoppare. Det är en kvalitativ studie baserad på intervjuer med sex avhoppare från Jehovas vittnen. Resultatet visar att alla de avhoppare som intervjuats hade haft ångestproblematik, förlorat kontakt med vänner och familj, låg utbildningsnivå samt svag självkänsla i samband med avhoppet eller där efter. De flesta respondenterna sagt sig ha haft självmordstankar. Det förekommer även att respondenter säger sig ha haft ätstörningar, psykosomatisk problematik, narkotikamissbruk, bristande kunskap om samhället samt känt sig hotade och trakasserade i samband med avhoppet. De psykosociala problem som intervjupersonerna berättar om liknar det som tidigare studier funnit och som utgör områden där sociala myndigheter bör bistå sektavhoppare. I enlighet med syftet är slutligen vägledande anvisningar utformade för socialarbetare.
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Hildebrand, Gyllerup Emma, and Sara Carlsson. "tills tron skiljer oss åt : hur uppväxten inom Jehovas vittnen påverkar de sociala relationerna." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för Hälsa och Samhälle, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-8216.
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The purpose of this study was to explore how interpersonal relationship can be affected by groing up in a New Religoius Movement such as Jehovah’s Withnesses and how it has affected them both in their youth and today. The aim was also to explore if there were people in the respondents' environment that was significant to them during their childhood and which support our respondents have received if they were in need of it.We have not found any previous research on children's social relationships within the Jehovah's Witnesses. We therefore believe that this study is of high relevance to both society and also for all the professionals who come into contact with these children. To discover a child in need, knowledge about how their social environment looks like is crucial. We chose to conduct qualitative interviews with six former Jehovah's Witnesses. The main theories we have assumed is the theory of social interactionism and cognitive dissonance. The vast majority of our respondents have grown up in a strong relationship with their faithful family and assembly. They believe that they have had a large social network but still felt alone in their concerns and thoughts. Several of the interviewees have experienced dissonance when their beliefs collided with societal values and norms. Some of our interviewees have only had contact with other witnesses (aside from the inevitable contact through school) because they have been taught that "worldly people", or non-Witnesses, are evil and their enemies. Others have had several relationships with people outside the organization and have never experienced this as wrong or strange. The genuine cohesion they experienced during childhood has had a sharp end in connection with the respondents' exclusions, when virtually all the faithful witnesses chosen to turn their back on them. Following the exclusion, several interviewees sought professional help in the form of therapy and they all allege that their upbringing has had negative consequences for them in adulthood.
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Costa, Yon Morato Ferreira da. "Religião e alienação: uma análise crítica do modus vivendi do adolescente na Torre de Vigia." Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2008. http://tede.mackenzie.br/jspui/handle/tede/2506.
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Previous issue date: 2008-08-13The objective of this work is to do a critical analysis over the behavior of adolescents that belong to an internationally known religious group named The Watchtower Society. A report of the performance of this group was drawn from the origins, from its foundation to the current days. Their main doctrines and influences and how these determine their followers to be. After a brief definition of adolescent, their conflicts and challenges in this complicated period of the human existence, through the study of reports, testimonies, articles and Watchtower s literatures, a reflection was made over the adolescent's modus vivendi and the tensions which they go through and are constantly submitted, to guarantee that in everything they are faithful and prove their loyalty to the organization. When insubordination, questioning or confrontation happens, the disassociated adolescent suffers many profound and significant losses. For that reason, this work offers practical alternatives and solutions that aid to attend the recently disassociated in order to help in its social re-insertion.
O presente trabalho tem por objetivo, fazer uma análise crítica do comportamento do adolescente pertencente ao grupo religioso internacionalmente conhecido como Testemunhas de Jeová e sua representação máxima, a Sociedade Torre de Vigia. Foi traçado um histórico da atuação deste grupo desde os primórdios da sua fundação até os dias de hoje, suas principais doutrinas, influências e de como estas determinam a conduta de seus adeptos. Após a definição do conceito de adolescente, seus conflitos e desafios, neste período complicado da existência humana, averigou-se através de relatos, testemunhos, artigos e literaturas, o modus vivendi do adolescente e as tensões pelas quais são constantemente submetidos e para em tudo serem fiéis e comprarem sua lealdade à organização. Quando acontece a insubordinação, questionamento ou confrontação, o adolescente desassociado da Torre de Vigia sofre perdas muito significativas. O trabalho oferece soluções práticas e alternativas que auxiliam o acompanhamento do recém desassociado, em sua reinserção social.
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Barra, Suely Ribeiro. "O processo de transformação da identidade a partir da conversão a uma nova denominação religiosa: um estudo dos novos conversos ao grupo religioso das testemunhas de Jeová em Juiz de Fora." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), 2008. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/3374.
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Este trabalho se propõe a pesquisar o processo de transformação da identidade a partir da conversão ao Movimento Religioso das Testemunhas de Jeová: um estudo dos conversos de duas Congregações de Juiz de Fora. Aborda inicialmente reflexões teóricas sobre o momento da pós-modernidade, a identidade e a diferença e um breve estudo sobre a conversão religiosa. Tenta mostrar a realidade das Testemunhas de Jeová a partir da visão do próprio movimento religioso. O objetivo da pesquisa é perceber o processo de construção da nova identidade dos conversos e como eles se harmonizam e se aceitam a partir da sua conversão. A visão geral do MRTJ foi desenvolvida sob a perspectiva das próprias Testemunhas de Jeová, dos seus registros e de uma análise da construção nova identidade a partir das narrativas destes mesmos atores sociais no seu próprio meio-ambiente.
This work aims to research the identity transformation process from the moment of the conversion to the Religious Movement of Jehovah's Witnesses: a study of converts from two Congregations in Juiz de Fora. It initially approaches theoretical reflections on the postmodernity moment, the identity and the difference as well as a brief study on the religious conversion. It intends to show Jehovah's Witnesses reality from the point of view of the religious movement itself. The objective of this research is to understand the construction process of their new identity, how they harmonize with other converts and how they accept each other from the moment of their conversion. The work was modeled from Jehovah's Witnesses perspective. It is a vision of the Religious Movement of Jehovah's Witnesses based on their records and an analysis of the new identity based on these social actors' narratives in their own social environment.
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Fredriksson, Pernilla. "Ty Guds ord är levande och verksamt : en studie av hur unga Jehovas vittnen håller sin tro övertygande." Thesis, University of Gävle, Ämnesavdelningen för kultur- och religionsvetenskap, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-3605.
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Studien avser undersöka hur unga Jehovas vittnen håller sin tro övertygande. Frågeställningar har varit hur de hanterar den mångfald av världsuppfattningar, värderingar och normer som inte är förenliga med Jehovas vittnens lära, hur deras tro bekräftas kontinuerligt samt om de upplever sig skilda från den icke-troende världen. Tre unga Jehovas vittnen har intervjuats för denna studie. Deras svar har relaterats till vad tidigare forskning och sociologiska teorier säger om att hålla tro övertygande, att vara ung och religiös samt om att vara ett Jehovas vittne. Frågeställningar och syfte besvaras genom ett flertal faktorer som träder fram i studien: församlingen utgör en starkt normbildande primärgrupp och utgör en stabil plausibilitetsstruktur. Ungdomarna begränsar sina sociala relationer till främst inom rörelsen. De bekräftar sin tro offentligt genom kyrklig aktivitet. Det framstår som att tron blir övertygande genom att rörelsens normer kommer först för alla vittnen, vilket bygger upp en varaktig plausibilitetsstruktur.
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Pereira, Anderson Gonçalves. "Despertai!: conhecendo quem são seus leitores." Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2013. http://tede.mackenzie.br/jspui/handle/tede/2168.
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Previous issue date: 2013-02-19This work intends to identify who is the reader of Awake! magazine and which are the main strategies used in order to convince the reader. To achieve this objective were analyzed the 12 main articles published in 2010 by this magazine in order to identify its implied readers. At first, it was presented a brief historical research about the Jehovah s Witness and the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, group and association responsible for publishing Awake!. After that, it was showed a brief historical research about Awake! and its changes since its creation until nowadays, in its contents and organization. This research showed the magazine s importance for the development of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania and to spread Jehovah s Witness doctrines. Finally, it was presented who is the possible reader of Awake! based on its 12 main articles published in 2010, which are the main strategies used in order to convince the readers and the importance of the typographic elements to build the meaning of the articles. This work offers the opportunity to know who the target public of Jehovah s Witness is.
O presente trabalho tem como objetivo identificar quem é o leitor da revista Despertai! (Awake!) e quais são as estratégias de convencimento usadas pela revista. Para alcançar esse objetivo foram analisados os artigos de capa das 12 edições da revista publicadas em 2010 visando identificar o leitor implícito contido neles. Primeiramente, foi apresentado um breve histórico sobre as Testemunhas de Jeová e Associação Torre de Vigia organização grupo e associação responsável pela publicação da Despertai!. Em seguida, apresentou-se um breve histórico da revista Despertai! e as mudanças ocorridas na revista desde sua criação até os dias atuais, em sua organização e conteúdo. Essa investigação mostrou a importância da revista para o desenvolvimento da Associação Torre de Vigia e também para a divulgação das doutrinas do grupo religioso Testemunhas de Jeová. Por fim, foi apresentado quem é o leitor da revista com base na análise das matérias de capa das 12 edições da revista de 2010, e quais foram as estratégias usadas para convencer o leitor e a importância dos elementos tipográficos para a construção de sentido dos artigos. O trabalho oferece a oportunidade de conhecer quem é o público-alvo desse grupo religioso.
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Bastos, Camila No?mia Rener Santos. "?O segredo de uma fam?lia feliz?: representa??es sobre fam?lia entre as Testemunhas de Jeov? em Santo Estev?o/Ba (1970-2001)." Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, 2014. http://localhost:8080/tede/handle/tede/145.
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The present study analyzes the representations of family among Jehovah's Witnesses in the city of St. Stephen, Bahia, located between the hinterland and Rec?ncavo, 40 km from Feira de Santana, from 1970 to 2001. The time frame of the research is related the beginning of the proselytizing activities of the group and ends with the construction of Kingdom Hall Avenue Teixeira de Freitas, one of the main avenues of the city. The study aimed to examine the tensions and power struggles in the holy - estevense religious field , caused by the insertion of a new group , especially for the strong influence of Catholicism in society of this city. The main tenets of the group , the millenarian character, identity building of the faithful and a new world view guided on the ideas of Jehovah's Witnesses are also discussed in this dissertation. We also analyzed the present among Jehovah's Witnesses , Bible -centered , with well-defined gender roles and differences that manifest in the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the group androcentric discourse, since women do not hold jobs, despite the strong performance of proselytism and in the same Hall of internal activities, such as attending meetings, cleaning, among others. In the family, gender inequalities are also present, because the man is the head of the family, " head " and the woman, her helper, submissive to him. This is the model family that Jehovah's Witnesses are intended to represented by them, which involves the construction of habitus. However, between discourse and practice are the experiences and experiences of individuals who appropriate this discourse.
Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar as representa??es sobre fam?lia entre as Testemunhas de Jeov? na cidade de Santo Estev?o, Bahia, localizada entre o sert?o e o rec?ncavo, a 40 km de Feira de Santana, entre 1970 a 2001. O recorte temporal da pesquisa est? relacionado ao come?o das atividades proselitistas do grupo e termina com a constru??o do Sal?o do Reino na Avenida Teixeira de Freitas, numa das principais avenidas da cidade. O trabalho se prop?s a analisar as tens?es e disputas de poder no campo religioso santo-estevense, causadas pela inser??o de um novo grupo, principalmente pela forte influencia do catolicismo na sociedade desta cidade. As principais doutrinas do grupo, o car?ter milenarista, a constru??o da identidade do fiel e de uma nova vis?o de mundo pautadas sobre as ideias das Testemunhas de Jeov? tamb?m s?o discutidas nesta disserta??o. Analisamos tamb?m o discurso androc?ntrico presente entre as Testemunhas de Jeov?, centrado na B?blia, com pap?is de g?nero bem definidos e diferencia??es que se manifestam na hierarquia eclesi?stica do grupo, pois as mulheres n?o exercem cargos, apesar da forte atua??o das mesmas no proselitismo e nas atividades internas do Sal?o, com assist?ncia ?s reuni?es, limpeza, entre outras. Na fam?lia, as desigualdades entre os sexos tamb?m se fazem presentes, pois o homem ? o chefe da fam?lia, ?a cabe?a? e a mulher, sua auxiliadora, submissa a ele. Este ? o modelo de fam?lia que as Testemunhas de Jeov? se prop?em, que visa a constru??o de habitus. No entanto, entre o discurso e a pr?tica existem as viv?ncias e experi?ncias dos sujeitos que se apropriam desse discurso.
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Plaza-Navas, Miquel Àngel. "Música y Testigos Cristianos de Jehová. Aproximación histórica a sus himnarios y prácticas musicales." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/112751.
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Testigos Cristianos de Jehová (TCJ) y música no son dos conceptos que se hayan relacionado con frecuencia. De hecho, más bien brilla por su ausencia en la casi totalidad de la bibliografía que sobre este grupo religioso se ha publicado, e idéntico panorama existe en la bibliografía sobre música y religión.
En los más de 130 años de historia de los TCJ la música ha formado parte de la mayoría de sus reuniones, han publicado o usado una quincena de himnarios en inglés y, al menos, seis en español y uno en catalán, han utilizado la música durante varias décadas en su evangelización radiofónica y de casa en casa, han utilizado grandes y pequeñas orquestas y coros, han editado grabaciones sonoras tanto para su uso congregacional como personal... ¿Qué es lo que se conoce de todo esto? ¿Cuáles son, o han sido, sus himnarios? ¿Qué himnos han entonado? ¿Han cambiado estos himnos? ¿Cuál es su procedencia? ¿Qué se conoce sobre sus autores? ¿Cuándo los entonan? ¿Han utilizado o continúan utilizando orquestas y coros? ¿Cuáles son las grabaciones sonoras que han realizado? ¿Quiénes son los personajes que han estado detrás de todo esto?
Se podrá creer o no en la existencia e influencia de las divinidades, pero no puede negarse que el ser humano ha invertido, y sigue invirtiendo, mucho esfuerzo tanto en su búsqueda como en su negación y, en ese camino de amor-odio la música y la religión han mantenido una relación muy estrecha. Ignorar la existencia de la música en los TCJ es ignorar una parte importante de su propia historia. Este trabajo pretende acercarse a una de esas realidades tan poco conocidas de los TCJ: la práctica musical en el seno del grupo. Presenta una aproximación histórica a los himnarios que han editado y utilizado y, también, a las personas y diferentes "productos" musicales relacionados (radio, grabaciones, orquestas, etc.).
Se estructura en cinco capítulos y cinco anexos. Los capítulos se centran en la justificación del tema de estudio, estado de la cuestión y metodología utilizada (cap. I), una visión general sobre la música, la religión y los TCJ situándolos en su contexto histórico-musical (cap. II), una descripción histórica de sus diferentes himnarios editados en inglés desde 1877 y las fuentes en las que se basaron (cap. III), similar descripción para los editados en español, desde 1919, y en catalán, desde 2008 (cap. IV), y, finalmente, las conclusiones y las fuentes y bibliografía consultadas (cap. V).
Los anexos se dividen en dos grandes apartados. Los dos primeros están dedicados exclusivamente al desarrollo histórico del grupo en España (anexo I) y en una ciudad catalana (anexo II), como ejemplo extrapolable al resto de las poblaciones españolas.
Los tres anexos restantes están directamente relacionados con las prácticas musicales de los TCJ. Se aporta una serie de listados con los himnos incluidos en los himnarios descritos en los capítulos III y IV (anexo III); se realiza una amplia descripción histórica de las diferentes grabaciones sonoras que han producido los TCJ, el uso que han hecho de la radiodifusión y la música, así como también de orquestas y coros a lo largo de su historia (anexo IV); y el anexo final (anexo V) está dedicado a las personas, a los miembros del grupo que han estado relacionados con las prácticas musicales del mismo con especial dedicación a la figura de M.L. McPhail (1854-1931).MUSIC AND JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES : HISTORICAL APPROACH TO THEIR HYMNALS AND MUSICAL PRACTICES Over the 130 years of history of Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW’s), music has been part of most of its meetings. They have published or used fifteen hymnals in English and at least six in Spanish and one in Catalan; they have used music for several decades in radio evangelism and from house to house; they have used large and small orchestras and choirs and they have edited sound recordings for both congregational and personal use. What is known about this? What are, or have been, their hymnals? Which hymns have they sung? Have they changed them over the years? Have they ever used or continue to use orchestras and choirs? What kind of sound recordings have they made? Who are the people behind all this? The approach of this paper is to get to know this lesser known aspect of JW’s: Musical practices within the group. It specially takes a historical approach of the hymnals they have edited and used and also of the people and other different "products" related to music (radio, recordings, orchestras, etc.). This thesis is made up of five chapters and five annexes. The chapters focus on the justification, state-of-the-art and methodology used (Chapter I). A general overview of JWs’ historical and musical background (Chapter II). A historical overview of their hymnals published in English since 1877 and the sources used (Chapter III). A similar description for those in Spanish since 1919 and in Catalan since 2008 (Chapter IV). Conclusions, sources and bibliography (Chapter V). The first two annexes deal exclusively with the historical development of the group in Spain (Annex I) and in a Catalan city (Annex II). The three remaining are directly related to the musical practices of JW's. They present a series of lists with the hymns of hymnals described in Chapters III and IV (Annex III). A historical description of sound recordings produced by JW's and the way they have used radio and music as well as orchestras and choirs (Annex IV). The final annex (Annex V) is dedicated to group members involved in its musical practices with special emphasis on the figure of M.L. McPhail (1854-1931).
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Zamord, Christophe. "Témoins de Jéhovah : résistance et compromis : étude comparative : États-Unis, Barbade, Guadeloupe." Thesis, Antilles, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019ANTI0442/document.
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Depuis leur fondation en 1870, les Témoins de Jéhovah ont connu une croissance spectaculaire jusqu’en 1995, dans les pays dont la religion dominante est le christianisme. Puis, un ralentissement progressif de leur croissance a été constaté au milieu des années 1990, en particulier dans les pays industrialisés. Par ailleurs, leur croissance a connu un succès inégal d’un pays à l’autre. Ainsi, en 2017, il y avait un Témoin de Jéhovah pour 50 habitants en Guadeloupe, un Témoin pour 112 habitants à la Barbade et un Témoin pour 263 habitants aux Etats-Unis. La présente recherche doctorale a étudié plusieurs facteurs de croissance, en empruntant les concepts des sociologues états-uniens Ryan Cragun et Ronald Lawson ainsi Rodney Stark et Lawrence Iannacone liant la croissance d’un groupe religieux à l’interaction entre l’offre religieuse qui est la sienne et la demande religieuse du pays où il s’est implanté. Une recherche documentaire a été effectuée passant en revue l’histoire et l’évolution de ce mouvement religieux. Puis, une méthode qualitative a été adoptée, à travers des entretiens menés auprès de dizaines de Témoins au cours de plusieurs années ainsi qu’une observation participante, afin de mieux connaître le mouvement, ses doctrines mais aussi la motivation des fidèles. Ensuite, une méthode quantitative a été appliquée à travers une enquête menée auprès de centaines de Témoins de Jéhovah à la Barbade en Guadeloupe et aux États-Unis d’Amérique. Les spécificités de ces trois pays expliquent en partie la différence de croissance constatées au sein du groupe religieux étudiéSince their founding in 1870, Jehovah's Witnesses have experienced spectacular growth until 1995, in the country where Christianity predominates. A gradual slowdown in growth was then observed, particularly in the industrialized countries in the mid-1990s. Moreover, their growth has been successfully imbalanced from one country to another. Thus, in 2017, there was a Jehovah's Witness for 50 people in Guadeloupe, one for 112 people in Barbados and one for 263 in the United States.This PhD thesis examines several growth factors, borrowing from the concepts of American sociologists Ryan Cragun and Ronald Lawson as well as Rodney Stark and Lawrence Iannacone, linking the growth of a religious group to the interaction between religious offerings and religious demand. in the country where the religious group settled. A literature search was conducted to examine the history and evolution of this religious movement. In addition to that, a qualitative method was adopted in interviews with dozens of Witnesses over several years and with participant observation, in order to better understand the movement, its doctrines, but also the motivations of the members. Then, a quantitative method was applied to a survey of hundreds of Jehovah's Witnesses in Barbados, in Guadeloupe and the United States of America. The specificities of these three countries partly explain the differences in growth observed in the religious group studied
Depi fondasyon yo nan lane 1870, Temwen Jewova yo te gen yon kwasans espektakilè jiska 1995, nan peyi kote dominasyon relijyon se krisyanis la. Lè sa a, yon ralentissement gradyèl nan kwasans yo te obsève patikilyèman nan peyi yo endistriyalize nan mitan ane 1990 yo. Anplis, li te kwasans yo te dezekilibre siksè soti nan yon peyi a yon lòt. Kidonk, nan 2017, te gen yon Temwen Jewova pou 50 moun nan Gwadloup, yon Temwen pou 112 moun nan Barbad ak yon Temwen pou 263 moun nan Etazini yo.Rechèch doktora prezan an etidye plizyè faktè kwasans, prete konsèp sosyolojis ameriken Ryan Cragun ak Ronald Lawson ak Rodney Stark ak Lawrence Iannacone ki lye kwasans yon gwoup relijye nan entèraksyon ant òf relijye ki se li ak demann relijye nan peyi kote li te etabli tèt li. Yon rechèch literati te fèt revize istwa a ak evolisyon sa a mouvman relijye yo. Answit, yo te adopte yon metòd kalitatif, nan entèvyou ak plizyè douzèn Temwen sou plizyè ane ak yon obsèvasyon patisipan, pou pi byen konprann mouvman an, doktrin li yo, men tou motivasyon fidèl yo. Lè sa a, yon metòd quantitative te aplike nan yon sondaj sou dè santèn de Temwen Jewova nan Barbad nan Gwadloup ak nan Etazini. Espesifikite yo nan twa peyi sa yo eksplike an pati diferans nan kwasans obsève nan gwoup relijye etidye
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Stallard, Matthew S. "John Milton’’s Bible: Biblical Resonance in Paradise Lost." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1218072545.
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Hisquin, Jean-Marie. "Liberte de religion et droit de la famille." Thesis, Lyon 3, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012LYO30061/document.
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La liberté religieuse est une liberté fondamentale reconnue dans les démocraties. Elle est invoquée devant la Cour européenne par des religions mais aussi par des individus. Les nouveaux cultes et leurs adeptes acquièrent des droits collectifs et individuels plus étendus. En France, des principes fondamentaux conduisent le législateur et le juge à consacrer et garantir le pluralisme religieux : toutes les croyances ont la même valeur. Chacun est libre de pratiquer sa religion en public ou en privé, notamment dans sa famille. Le juge garantit le respect de la conscience de l’individu lorsqu’il est saisi. Mais la libre pratique religieuse des membres de la famille connait certaines limites qui sont purement objectives et non fonction du type d’appartenance religieuse. Pourtant, la perception du phénomène religieux par les autorités n’est pas toujours égalitaire. Le traitement politique, social et judiciaire des religions minoritaires notamment, remet parfois en cause le pluralisme. Si l’appréciation in concreto des situations par le juge est le principe, le manque d’homogénéité de la jurisprudence, qui met en exergue certains préjugés, ajouté aux réticences des juges du droit à contrôler plus avant les motivations des juges du fonds, entament la garantie du pluralisme. Les condamnations de la Cour européenne le montrent. Les difficultés concernent notamment les questions de l’appréciation de la faute, cause de divorce, ou de l’intérêt de l’enfant. La référence à un standard, étalon d’une bonne pratique religieuse, est parfois latente. En la matière, l’analyse souveraine des juges du fond est souvent sacralisée, ce qui peut poser des difficultés, tout comme le manque d’ouverture de certains experts qui rendent des avis qui peuvent, in fine, avoir un impact fort sur le juge. L’absence de pré-majorité religieuse et l’application stricte du principe de laïcité à l’école posent aussi certains problèmes. Les solutions étrangères sont intéressantes sur ces questionsReligious freedom is a fundamental freedom recognised by democracies. Not only religious groups, but also individuals, bring it up before the European Court. New religious groups and their members are granted more collective and individual rights. In France, fundamental principles bring legislators and judges to define and guarantee religious pluralism: all beliefs are equal. Everyone is free to practice his or her religion in public or in private, especially within the family. Judges referred to guarantee that the individual conscience will be respected. Nevertheless, the free religious practice of family members has objective limits, regardless of the religion one belongs to. Still, the way the authorities view the religious practice is not always the same. The political, social and legal treatment of minority religions in particular puts sometimes religious pluralism in question. Even if usually the judge appreciates situations in concreto, pluralism sometimes fails to be guaranteed due to a lack of homogeneity in the jurisprudence, tainted with prejudice, as well as the reticences of the ordinary judges to check more in depth the motivations of the trial judges. The condemnations of the European Courts are proof to this. The difficulties concern for the most part the appreciation of the fault, cause for divorce, or of the interest of the child. The reference to a standard of good religious practice is sometimes latent. In this matter, the expertise of the trial judges is often considered as sacred, and this can lead to some difficulties, as well as the lack of open-mindness of some experts who give opinions that can, in fine, influence the judge. The absence of religious age pre-majority and the strict application of the principle of secularism at school also pose some problems. Foreign solutions on this matter are interesting
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JONG, SHUANG-CHUAN, and 鍾雙全. "Research on The Development of "Jehovah Witnesses" in Taiwan." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/e6xwf2.
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碩士國立臺中教育大學
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Searching the early development history through the Jehovah’s Witness website will reveal that “The history of the headquarters was initiated by the founder Russell, after Lu Shufu, through Noel, after Franz, and finally Hansul took over as the fifth president. ” After that, the president is a legal representative. In 1992, the Jehovah’s Witness Headquarters was reorganized by the Central Presbyterian Church and several committees were set up. Resale of the last piece of land in New York on December 12, 2018﹒Headquarters dedicated to Preaching work﹒Headquartered in Warwick, the printing plant is located in the Huakier Printing Factory and the Watchtower Education Center in Patterson. Through the visit to the Taiwan branch, the history of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ development in Taiwan starts from the period of Japanese occupation period, the early rule of Republic of China, the period of martial law to the end of the martial law. After 2014, the Central elders sends invitations to people of all languages. Try to attract interested people with various voice and video versions﹒Let the people of the minority can hear the good news of this kingdom. Including the earliest Ami language, other aboriginal languages recently established, Minnan, Hakka, Taroko, Bunun, Atayal, and new-speaking... This theory focuses on the establishment of the Hakka language congregation. From the beginning , there was only one group of Hakka language congregations, and later, three groups of congregations, three quasi-groups. The researchers joined the congregation in the fifth month after the establishment of the Hakka language congregation in Miaoli. Visiting brothers and sisters who once supported the original establishment of the Hakka language congregation to form the situation in which the Hakka language congregation was established﹒In 2019, the Hakka language congregation in Miaoli faced major adjustments﹐ Two elder men with Hakka language congregation will leave the Hakka language congregation﹒
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CHANG, CHIA-YU, and 張嘉瑜. "The Religious Convictions of Jehovah's Witnesses--Exemplified by the Congregation in Puli, Taiwan." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8bub53.
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Because of the geographic relationship with the family of landlords who believe in Jehovah's Witnesses, the researcher is interested in some special arguments about the zealous preaching of the witnesses and their teachings, and wants to further explore and study them. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to explore the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses. Taking the Congregation in Puli as an example, the senior elder of which mentioned above arranged 10 interviews to study the actual situation of the interviewees at four levels: the ways and attitudes of belief contact, belief activities, the changes in life after accepting beliefs, and the situation of preaching in Puli. Among them, there are some controversial issues at Jehovah's Witness beliefs, such as the issue of not transfusing blood because of abstinence from blood, the predicament of refusing to serve in military service because of religious conscience before the implementation of alternative service, and political neutrality so that they do not participate in electoral activities. In this study, qualitative research methods were adopted. During the three-month period, the researcher participated in the Wednesday or Sunday Service at the Kingdom Gathering Place in Puli about ten times, and conducted in-depth interviews with believers with semi-structured questionnaires. The interview materials presented the content analysis and findings of the interviews. The conclusion of this research shows that: 1. All the respondents express their political neutrality, but most of them believe that their lives will indeed be affected by political decision-making. 2. As for the issue of refusing to transfuse blood, family members' attitudes towards the respondents are supportive of the same belief; however, family members of different beliefs have different attitudes, some of which are not opposed or opposed. 3. The respondents' personal life and ways of making friends are deeply influenced by their beliefs and by the sense of group identity. 4. The respondents have different views on whether preaching in Puli is stressful or not. 5. Respondents are diligent in reading "Bible, New World Translation" and other publications of Jehovah's Witnesses. 6. Respondents believe that Jehovah's Witnesses have similarities and differences with other Christians. The results of this study are only for those who are interested in this topic. However, due to the limitations of research samples, research tools and research methods, it is not appropriate to extend the inference to the global Jehovah's Witness belief in order to avoid any deviation.
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Butler, Lucas. ""Trusting the Faithful and Discreet Slave: A Critique of the Authority of the Jehovah's Witnesses"." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/4865.
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Jehovah's Witnesses claim to be the sole advocates for God's truth at this point in redemptive history. Basing this belief on their interpretation of Matthew 24:45-47 and Luke 12:42-45, the Watchtower Society proclaims that their organization is led by "the faithful and discreet slave" (FDS) of the end times. This FDS is the Governing Body of the Society, which has been charged with the responsibility of providing spiritual food for Jehovah's people. According to the Witnesses, to discount the message of the FDS is to ignore the voice of God.
History reveals that the identity and the message of the FDS have changed since the conception of the Watchtower organization. The movement's founder, Charles Taze Russell, was first known as the FDS of Matthew 24 but lost the title after his death when the new leader of the group shifted the identity away from an individualistic understanding to a corporate one. After proclaiming for the bulk of the organization's history that the 144,000 anointed Witnesses were the FDS, the Society recently changed their understanding of this end times' servant in 2012. Currently, the FDS is only the anointed Witness men that are serving on the Governing Body of the Society. This progressive shift in the organization's understanding of the FDS and the eventual disappearance of these anointed Witnesses continues to necessitate theological realignments, which in turn lays the apologetic groundwork for evangelism to the Jehovah's Witnesses.
As redemptive history continues to unfold, the Watchtower Society will be forced to clarify or reinterpret many of their foundational teachings. Such reinvention further opens the apologetic door for evangelism among disillusioned Witnesses. When the Watchtower organization again searches to recast their leadership along with their message, authentic Christians must be ready and seeking to direct Witnesses to the unchanging message of the gospel.
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Trahan, Lucy. "Is there Scriptural Legitimacy for Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Christology of the ‘Firstborn’ as the First of God’s Created Beings?" Thesis, 2012. http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/975041/4/TRAHAN_MA_S2013.pdf.
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The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, publishers and distributors of all documents used and disseminated by Jehovah’s Witnesses, claim that Jesus is subordinate to God the Father and that he is the first of his creation, and therefore not co-eternal or co-equal with him. The focus of this thesis is to investigate early Christian primary and secondary sources as well as contemporary scholarly opinions and compare them to Watchtower teachings to determine whether Jehovah’s Witnesses’ understanding of the ‘firstborn of creation’ of Colossians 1:15 can be said to be a legitimate interpretation of this expression and whether their Christology can be reconciled with New Testament writings. Based on the traditional Christian hermeneutical reappropriation of Hebrew texts and the traditional understanding of the entire Christian canon of Sripture, the claim that the Son must be a created being does not truly find irrefutable substantiation.
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CHEN-FANG, LIU, and 劉貞芳. "Why is it so hard to happiness?--A Case Study about the family management pattern with Jehovah's Witnesses." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/24d48a.
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青少年兒童福利碩士學位學程
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The aim of this thesis is to conclude, if the Bible’s teachings affect how Christians precept the happiness? What are the Bible’s teachings? How Jehovah’s Witness realize the Bible’s teaching in managing their families? Are the answers to the unanswerable questions of human life being implicit in Bible’s teachings, while such implicit knowledge are the explicitly reveled in Jehovah’s Witness publication? What is the implicit knowledge been found? Is such knowledge comprehensive to the people in general? The research conducted in this thesis is to investigate what are the grounds that the Jehovah’s take asserting that a perfect family happiness can be realized eventually. This research proposed the research question includes: Whether can inquire into from the Holy Bible religious doctrine with for the Christian in, to the Holy Bible the understanding with understood is affects the follower happy heart sufficiently the key aspect? What but is these religious doctrine content also? What can these contents discover in the Jehovah witness's family management pattern? And the affiliation these religious doctrine content was inspect why looked in a big way resembles the explanation life three not to ask, publishes in these Jehovah witness in the books and periodicals refers to the name to say actually has the secret? What then these secrets are? These secrets really can be suitable each reading human? And hoped why penetrates this research further to seek the Jehovah witness to be possible to refer solemnly called “the perfect happy family life end must realize”, for this research “research goal”. This research method is through ethnographic research, and content analysis, grounded theory qualitative research systems, carries on two stages analysis this article, reorganizes 111 analysis this article material, the comparative external analysis “Jehovah witness” advocated “family management” - "happiness" online library materials. The way that the Jehovah’s Witness managing their families is to sincerely execute praying, Bible studying, pondering, meeting and preaching in their day lives. The Jehovah’s Witness is so much dedicated in Bible studying and then in realizing all Bible’s teachings to live their lives. Therefore, the happiness that the Jehovah’s Witness particularly possess features the satisfaction to personal demand, living experience, desire, expectation as well as personal characters that referred by all relevant theories. Mostly important, the very principle that the Jehovah’s Witness strictly follow is to manage the family by abiding the commandments of Jehovah as quoted in Matthew’s 22:37 “you must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind” and as in Mark’s 12:30 “you must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind and with your whole strength”. The other commandment that the Jehovah’s Witness has to follow is to You must love your neighbor as yourself. The Jehovah’s Witness realize the only approach to the true happiness is to duly recognize the supreme rulership of God to human. Every Jehovah’s Witness shall affirm that God’s blessing has already enriched their lives with utmost happiness and satisfaction, and such happiness is composed by the good habit of Bible studying, regular attending the meetings, preaching and praying for holy sprits for in-depth guidance of Bible’s teachings. By doing all these, the Jehovah’s Witness is getting drawn closer to Jehovah on the well built-up knowledge from the Bible. The viewpoint that Jehovah’s Witness takes for happiness is based on the practice that they always apply God’s view and Bible’s teachings to seek best solution dealing with all kinds of difficulties and problems. The Jehovah’s Witness dose not live in fairy-tale, instead, they are dedicated in applying the Bible’s teachings to realize the family happiness. The research conducted for this thesis is to motivate those who are interested in learning Bible’s teachings and for those who are in active pursue of family happiness to realize a perfectly happy family, and for furthers, the very true happiness they’re go seek is for the life-time, not for the time being.
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BRAUNOVÁ, Alexandra. "Ošetřovatelský přístup k Jehovovým svědkům na ošetřovacích jednotkách." Master's thesis, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-80589.
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The topic of the diploma thesis is ``The Nursing Approach to the Jehovah{\crq}s Witnesses at Medical Treatment Units{\crq}q. The probability of a nurse coming across a Jehovah{\crq}s Witness is considerable. Jehovah{\crq}s Witnesses form a large group within the Czech Republic, and therefore the nursing staff should also be ready to treat patients who belong to this community. All this in compliance with the current trend of applying the thoughts of transcultural/multicultural nursing while treating the patients. The present thesis is a contribution to this very discipline. Its task was to investigate the specifics of the Jehovah{\crq}s Witness community, and what the expectations of their members are when it comes to nursing care. With reference to the specifics and expectations, we attempted to detect the problem situations that may come up when caring for the members of the Jehovah{\crq}s Witness community. All this information was investigated in order to be able to offer culturally sensitive nursing care to the patients who belong to the Jehovah{\crq}s Witness community. For the empiric part of the thesis, four objectives were set that lead to three research questions and three hypotheses. Two research methods were chosen, the qualitative method: a semi-standardized dialogue with the respondents being members of the Jehovah{\crq}s Witnesses; and a quantitative method: a questionnaire for the nursing staff of the medical treatment units. The conception of a Jehovah{\crq}s Witness in general is improved by the division of the information in the dialogue according to the Giger and Davidhizar transcultural nursing assessment model. For further clarification of the problem, questions concerning hospitalization and nursing staff were added. The results of the dialogues were drafted as case reports which were then categorized in transparent tables and charts. The questionnaire contained identification questions and questions clarifying the given problem. The remaining questions were aimed at direct or indirect verification of the hypotheses we have set. The outcome of the questionnaire investigation is introduced using tables and charts. The specifics of the approach of the nursing staff are summarized in a nursing care standard, which can be used by the nursing staff when caring for a client/patient who belongs to the Jehovah{\crq}s Witnesses. The thesis offers information on the Jehovah{\crq}s Witness community, and explains the singularities of the approach of the nursing staff towards them. The outcome of the thesis should serve as study material for the students of nursing disciplines, and at the same time we would appreciate it if it was published to become available to the professional community. The thesis should be a contribution to the improvement of the quality of nursing care.
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Jung, Youngoh. "The History of Conscientious Objection and the Normalization of Universal Male Conscription in South Korean Society." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/44029.
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This thesis traces the history of Conscientious Objection and draft evasion from the introduction of the Universal Male Conscription system in 1949 to the end of the authoritarian dictatorship period in 1993. I especially focus on the persecution and stigmatization of religious Conscientious Objector groups such as the South Korean Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Seventh-day Adventists. The negative labeling of these Conscientious Objectors as social deviants is part of an initiative led by the South Korean state to solidify Universal Male Conscription as a social norm. This process was supported by the implementation of a national surveillance system as well as the intensification of a nation-wide crackdown on draft evasion, which was viewed indifferently from Conscientious Objection. Thus, this project reveals the ostracization of Conscientious Objection as well as the normalization of Universal Male Conscription as an interconnected issue that came to be perpetuated throughout South Korean History.
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Mjoli, Vuyiswa Yvonne. "The attitudes and perceptions of health care professionals to alternatives to blood transfusion : a case with Jehovah's Witnesses patients in a critical care setting." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/4286.
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Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the attitudes and perceptions of health care professionals to alternatives to blood transfusion for Jehovah's Witnesses patients in a critical care setting. Methodology: Quantitative and qualitative approaches were used to explore the attitudes and perceptions of health care professional to alternatives to blood transfusion, in a critical care setting. The study was conducted in four largest hospitals in the Durban Metropolitan area, of which two were public and two private. A questionnaire was used as tool for collecting data. Space was provided to accommodate comments from the respondents in the questionnaire. Analysis of findings was done quantitatively by using a computer programme called SPSS (Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences), version 11.5. Themes that emerged from the participant's responses were classified under categories in the conceptual framework and analysed qualitatively. Findings: Most of the respondents had mixed feelings about using alternatives to blood transfusion. The study revealed, however, that although alternatives to blood transfusions were commonly used in a critical care setting, some of the respondents did not know about the different types of alternatives available. Furthermore, it was evident from the respondent's comments that most of them had a positive attitude to people who refused blood transfusion and preferred alternatives. Research into suitable alternatives to blood transfusion was encouraged by most of the respondents. However, transfusion transmitted diseases emerged as a current concern over and above the religious concerns. Recommendations for the future were made for the health care professionals working in critical care setting, nurse educators and nursing management.Thesis (M.N.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2004.
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"Communicating Religious Disaffiliation: A Study of the Context, Family Conversations, and Face Negotiation among Young Adults." Doctoral diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.34811.
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abstract: This study investigated how young adults communicate their decision to religiously disaffiliate to their parents. Both the context in which the religious disaffiliation conversation took place and the communicative behaviors used during the religious disaffiliation conversation were studied. Research questions and hypotheses were guided by Family Communication Patterns Theory and Face Negotiation Theory. A partially mixed sequential quantitative dominate status design was employed to answer the research questions and hypotheses. Interviews were conducted with 10 young adults who had either disaffiliated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or the Watch Tower Society. During the interviews, the survey instrument was refined; ultimately, it was completed by 298 religiously disaffiliated young adults. For the religious disaffiliation conversation’s context, results indicate that disaffiliated Jehovah’s Witnesses had higher conformity orientations than disaffiliated Latter-day Saints. Additionally, disaffiliated Jehovah’s Witnesses experienced more stress than disaffiliated Latter-day Saints. Planning the conversation in advance did lead to the disaffiliation conversation being less stressful for young adults. Furthermore, the analysis found that having three to five conversations reduced stress significantly more than having one or two conversations. For the communicative behaviors during the religious disaffiliation conversation, few differences were found in regard to prevalence of the facework behaviors between the two groups. Of the 14 facework behaviors, four were used more often by disaffiliated JW than disaffiliated LDS—abuse, passive aggressive, pretend, and defend self. In terms of effectiveness, the top five facework behaviors were talk about the problem, consider the other, have a private discussion, remain calm, and defend self. Overall, this study begins the conversation on how religious disaffiliation occurs between young adults and their parents and extends Family Communication Patterns Theory and Face Negotiation Theory to a new context.Dissertation/Thesis
Doctoral Dissertation Communication 2015
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Zoulová, Tereza. "Původ doktrinálních rozporů Církve římskokatolické a Náboženské společnosti Svědkové Jehovovi." Master's thesis, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-334753.
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The aim of this paper is to describe the contradictions of Christian denominations, not dogmatically doctrinal, but generally doctrinal, in terms of how they arise and how they impact the thinking within the respective groups. Two churches were selected for this comparison, the Catholic Church and Jehovah's Witnesses, as representatives of the denominations with the most notable differences. The initial starting point is the history of the two churches, which highlights the cultural and historical conditions under which the two churches were formed. Further work on two cases of conflict, the concept of the Holy Trinity and access to apostolic succession, discusses the basic argumentative practices that apply to both churches. This passage shows that on this level the difference between the two communities is only minimal, the procedures applied by both are consistent. The argument is followed by the interpretative part, which deals with the search for the causes of discrepancies in the diversity of interpretations of the Bible, which was published as a joint authority of both communities from previous argumentation analysis. Finally, this work describes how the differences resulting from different interpretations are involved in the daily life and organization of the Church. A different discourse...
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Korábečný, Martin. "Jazyková analýza komunikátů vybraných nových náboženských hnutí (se zaměřením na manipulaci)." Master's thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-325561.
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In this diploma thesis the verbal persuasive devices typical of two new religious movements' texts (Jehovah's Witnesses and New Age) have been analysed, with regard to manipulation. Because of the interdisciplinary character of manipulation religion and sociological aspects in new religious movements section and logical, psychological and ethical aspects in manipulative argumentation section have been considered. It was found that the style of the analysed texts and its verbal persuasive devices differ from the field of religious communication only in few aspects from verbal persuasive devices of journalistic communication and that manipulative devices are partly acceptable with regard to the sources and methods involved in the texts, however, the field of quasiargumentation have been found outside acceptability.