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Jehovah’s Witnesses
A socio-historical analysis of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Jehovah’s Witnesses religious movement dates back to the late 19
th
century in Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania. It was started by a group of friends and students studying the Bible under the
leadership of Charles Russell (Knox, 2017). The group looked forward to when Jesus Christ
would establish a period of peace that lasts 1000 years on Earth. Russell was laid to rest in 1916
without witnessing the return of Jesus (Chryssides, 2010). Early Witnesses believed that the year
1914 would mark the start end of the governments of the world, which would be closed by the
Battle of Armageddon (Côté & Richardson, 2001). Over the years, the Witnesses have
reinterpreted and adjusted elements of the timeline leading to the return of Jesus and have done
away with setting specific dates (Schmalz, 2017)
An analysis of Jehovah’s Witnesses using the sociology of religion paradigm
Sociologists cite Jehovah’s Witnesses as the most rapidly growing religion of the western
world. Stark and Iannaccone (1997) note that despite the millions of Jehovah’s Witnesses
members, the religious group did not successfully attract the attention of sociologists of religion
in the formative years. One of the major factors is the difficulty in accessing the Jehovah’s
Witnesses archives. The other factor is the overall evaluation of non-mainstream Christian
groups by some sociologists. However, the situation changed during the 1900s and 2000s, when
sociologists developed an interest in testing the relative success of different religious groups.
The impact of Jehovah’s Witnesses on American Society
The greatest impact Jehovah’s Witnesses have had on American society is their role in
the expansion of the First Amendment, specifically the free exercise of religion (Bowman, 2018).
During World War I, the Witnesses often found themselves on the wrong side of the law due to

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1 Jehovah’s Witnesses Name: Department: Course Name: Instructor: Date: 2 Jehovah’s Witnesses A socio-historical analysis of Jehovah’s Witnesses Jehovah’s Witnesses religious movement dates back to the late 19th century in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. It was started by a group of friends and students studying the Bible under the leadership of Charles Russell (Knox, 2017). The group looked forward to when Jesus Christ would establish a period of peace that lasts 1000 years on Earth. Russell was laid to rest in 1916 without witnessing the return of Jesus (Chryssides, 2010). Early Witnesses believed that the year 1914 would mark the start end of the governments of the world, which would be closed by the Battle of Armageddon (Côté & Richardson, 2001). Over the years, the Witnesses have reinterpreted and adjusted elements of the timeline leading to the return of Jesus and have done away with setting specific dates (Schmalz, 2017) An analysis of Jehovah’s Witnesses using the sociology of religion paradigm Sociologists cite Jehovah’s Witnesses as the most rapidly growing religion of the western world. Stark and Iannaccone (1997) note that despite the millions of Jehovah’s Witnesses members, the religious group did not successfully attract the attention of sociologists of religion in the formative years. One of the major factors is the difficulty in accessing the Jehovah’s Witnesses archives. The other factor is the overall evaluation of non-mainstream Christian grou ...
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