Jehovah’s Witness: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
The vast literature on the Witnesses, both pro and con, is reviewed in Jerry Bergman, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Kindred Groups: A Historical Compendium and Bibliography (1984). Among the better studies of Witness life and belief are M. James Penton, Apocalypse Delayed, 2nd ed. (1997), by an academician and former Witness; and Heather Botting and Gary Botting, The Orwellian World of Jehovah’s Witnesses (1984). The history of the movement is covered in Jehovah’s Witnesses: Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom (1993), published by the Witnesses.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Updated official guidance on blood transfusions and added top questions. | Nov 12, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pew Research Center - A closer look at Jehovahs Witnesses living in the U.S. | May 21, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hartford Institute for Religion Research - Encyclopedia of Religion and Society - Jehovah's Witnesses. | Dec 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cambridge Core - Jehovah's Witnesses. | Feb 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - A Study of the Preexistence of Christ According to the Jehovahs Witnesses and Its Evaluation (PDF). | Nov 22, 2024 | ||
| Expanded the discussions of philosophy, practices, and refusal of blood transfusions. | Aug 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Jehovah�s Witnesses - About Jehovah's Witnesses. | Aug 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: EWTN - What Do Jehovah's Witnesses Believe? | May 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC News - Inside the brutal world of the Jehovah�s Witnesses. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Religious and Spirituality Project - Jehovah�s Witnesses. | Oct 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Free Speech Center - Jehovah�s Witnesses. | Sep 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Eternal Word Television Network - Who Are the Jehovah's Witnesses? | Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Surgical management in treatment of Jehovah's witness in trauma surgery in Indian subcontinent. | Aug 19, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christianity.com - 10 things everyone should know about Jehovah's witnesses and their beliefs. | Jun 19, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learn Religions - Jehovah's Witnesses Beliefs. | May 13, 2021 | ||
| Article revised. |
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May 05, 2017 | |
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - How Jehovah�s Witnesses Became Unlikely Champions of Religious Freedom. | Apr 18, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: ReligionFacts - Jehovah's Witnesses. | Mar 09, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Jehovah's Witnesses. | Mar 09, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Non Jewish Victims of the Holocaust: Jehovah's Witnesses. | Jul 08, 2014 | ||
| Article revised to state that there are more than seven million Jehovah's Witnesses worldwide. |
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Jun 26, 2014 | |
| Add new Web site: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Holocaust Encyclopedia - Jehovah's Witnesses. | Jul 11, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Jehovah's Witnesses. | Oct 05, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Jehovah's Witnesses. | Oct 05, 2012 | ||
| Article revised to characterize the Jehovah's Witness organization as a denomination. | Mar 29, 2012 | ||
| Article revised to state that Jehovah's Witnesses distrust certain medical practices that they believe violate scripture. | Nov 02, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Arts and Culture - Jehovah's Witnesses. | Jun 02, 2011 | ||
| Article revised to mention that pioneer publishers devote about 70 hours of monthly field service to the Jehovah's Witness organization. |
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Jun 17, 2010 | |
| Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Jehovah's Witnesses. | Jul 18, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | May 30, 2007 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | May 30, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Dec 20, 1999 |
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