Jehovah's Witnesses: Portrait of a Contemporary Religious MovementPsychology Press, 2002 - 206 էջ This is the first major study of the enigmatic religious society. By examining the Jehovah's Witnesses' dramatic recent expansion, Andrew Holden reveals the dependency of their quasi-totalitarian movement on the physical and cultural resources have brought about the privatization of religion, the erosion of community, and the separation of 'fact' from faith. |
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