Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's WitnessesM. James Penton offers a comprehensive overview of a remarkable religious movement, from the Witnesses' inauspicious creation by a Pennsylvania preacher in the 1870s to its position as a religious sect with millions of followers world-wide. This second edition features an afterword by the author and an expanded bibliography. |
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Beginning of a Movement | 13 |
1878 and 1881 | 22 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses |
| Author | M. James Penton |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press, 1985 |
| ISBN | 0802025404, 9780802025401 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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