Judging Jehovah's Witnesses Religious Persecution and the Dawn of the Rights Revolution |
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| Author:
| Peters, Shawn Francis |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7006-2246-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2000 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Kansas
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $19.95USD $90.00 |
Book Description:
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"Peters successfully uses the Witnesses' simple but eloquent voices to tell a remarkable story that lays bare the extremes of cowardice and courage so often found in nations engrossed by war."--
American Historical Review "The stories of persecution are horrendous, and Peters tells them with sympathy and remarkable attention to detail and context."--Journal of American History
"With a journalistic eye, Peters presents the convergence of nationalistic...
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"Peters successfully uses the Witnesses' simple but eloquent voices to tell a remarkable story that lays bare the extremes of cowardice and courage so often found in nations engrossed by war."--
American Historical Review "The stories of persecution are horrendous, and Peters tells them with sympathy and remarkable attention to detail and context."--Journal of American History
"With a journalistic eye, Peters presents the convergence of nationalistic paranoia, the distrust that erupted into violence, and palpable religious bigotry against the Jehovah's Witnesses during the 1930s and 1940s. . . .This legal history, in the vein of Harold Berman's Law and Revolution, tells us as much about the intricacies of jurisprudence as it does our own shameful past. This engrossing study depends primarily on firsthand testimony, ACLU documents, and legal briefs. . . .Chock-full of primary resources, this is recommended reading for American and religious historians as well as for those interested in the history of persecution."--Library Journal