![]() Penton considers changes in doctrine, practice, and. ![]() an afterword by the author brings us up to date on events since Apocalypse Delayed was first published in 1985. ![]() James and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available. As a former member of the sect, Penton offers a comprehensive overview of this significant religious movement. : Apocalypse delayed: The story of Jehovahs Witnesses (9780802025401) by Penton, M. James Penton's Apocalypse Delayed, a rare book that seeks not just to discredit and refute the Watchtower, but to understand it. James Pentons Apocalypse Delayed has been the definitive scholarly study of the Jehovahs Witnesses. Readers are left with classic studies such as M. (One of the most interesting elements of the narrative is that Noble seems to have transferred the near-divine authority that she once vested in her church to her therapist, whose words are sometimes reprinted here in boldface.) Sadly, few objective accounts exist about the Jehovah's Witnesses little stands in the middle between polemic and apologetic. Certainly, her story is sad, particularly the part about being encouraged to shun her own daughter for several months, but it is hardly a balanced or even very perceptive book. ![]() ![]() As a former member of the sect, Penton offers a comprehensive overview of the Jehovah's Witnesses. In Awakening of a Jehovah's Witness: Escape from the Watchtower Society, Noble recounts her quarter-century in the movement, making the usual case that the Society is a cult, that it exercises unhealthy control over the minds and behavior of its members and that it grooms followers to become victims. James Penton's Apocalypse Delayed has been the definitive scholarly study of this religious movement. ""The public needs to be warned,"" says ex-Jehovah's Witness Diane Noble about the religion she once embraced. ![]()
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