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This is a bibliography of works on the [[Jehovah's Witnesses]].<ref name=Bergman>{{cite book|last=Bergman|first=Jerry|title=Jehovah's Witnesses : a comprehensive and selectively annotated bibliography |year=1999 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, Connecticut|isbn=9780313305108|edition=1. publ}}</ref><ref name=Chryssides>{{cite book|last=Chryssides|first=George D.|title=The A to Z of Jehovah's Witnesses|year=2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Md.|isbn=9780810868915|pages=145&ndash;168}}</ref><ref name=Gruss>{{cite book|last=Gruss|first=Edmond C.|chapter=Selected bibliography |title=Jehovah's Witnesses : their claims, doctrinal changes, and prophetic speculation : what does the record show?|year=2001|publisher=Xulon Press|location=Fairfax, VA|isbn=9781931232302|page=357}}</ref> <br />
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==General==<br />
*{{cite book|last=Bergman|first=Jerry|title=Jehovah's Witnesses and kindred groups|year=1984|publisher=Garland Pub.|location=New York|isbn=9780824091095}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Chryssides|first=George D.|title=The A to Z of Jehovah's Witnesses|year=2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Md.|isbn=9780810868915}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Gruss|first=Edmond C.||title=Jehovah's Witnesses : their claims, doctrinal changes, and prophetic speculation : what does the record show?|year=2001|publisher=Xulon Press|location=Fairfax, VA|isbn=9781931232302|}}<br />
* Chryssides, George D. ''Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses'' (2008)<br />
* Crompton, Robert. ''Counting the Days to Armageddon''. James Clarke & Co, Cambridge, 1996. ISBN 0-227-67939-3<ref name=Chryssides/><ref name=Gruss/><br />
**A detailed examination of the development of Jehovah's Witnesses' eschatology.<br />
* Holden, Andrew. ''Jehovah's Witnesses: Portrait of a Contemporary Religious Movement'' New York: Routledge, 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-26610-99<ref name=Chryssides/><br />
**An academic study on the sociological aspects of Jehovah's Witnesses phenomenon.<br />
* Kaplan, William. ''State and Salvation'' Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989. ISBN 0-8020-5842-6<br />
**Documents the Witnesses' fight for civil rights in Canada and the US amid political persecution during World War II.<br />
* {{cite book|last=Rogerson|first=Alan|title=Millions now living will never die: a study of Jehovah's Witnesses|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=kXMJAQAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Constable}}<br />
**Detailed history of the Watch Tower movement, particularly its early years, a summary of Witness doctrines and the organizational and personal framework in which Witnesses conduct their lives.<br />
* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. ''Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom'' (1993)<br />
**Official history of Jehovah's Witnesses.<br />
*[[William J. Whalen|Whalen, William J.]] ''Armageddon Around the Corner: a report on Jehovah's Witnesses'' (1962) OCLC Number: 1261733<br />
*Wills, Tony. ''A People for His Name: A History of Jehovah's Witnesses and an Evaluation'' (2006) 2nd edition. ISBN 978-1-4303-0100-4.<br />
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* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. ''Faith In Action'' (2-DVD series), (2010-2011)<br />
**Official history of Jehovah's Witnesses. <br />
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==Critiques and personal accounts==<br />
* Franz, Raymond. ''In Search of Christian Freedom''. 2nd ed., 2007. ISBN 0-914675-17-6<ref name=Chryssides/><br />
**Critique and analysis<br />
* Harrison, Barbara Grizzuti. ''Visions of Glory: A History and a Memory of Jehovah's Witnesses''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978. ISBN 0-7091-8013-6<br />
**An account by an American journalist and essayist of growing up in the Jehovah's Witnesses religion, which she left at age 22.<br />
*[[Alexander Hugh Macmillan|Macmillan, Alexander H]]. ''Faith on the March''.<br />
**An autobiography by a longtime director of the Watch Tower Society who was among the Watch Tower officials imprisoned during the [[World War I|First World War]]. <br />
* Penton, M. James. [http://books.google.com/books?id=38SYXalMLeQC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses'']. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2nd ed., 1997. ISBN 0-8020-7973-3<ref name=Gruss/><br />
**Scholarly examination of Jehovah's Witnesses history and doctrines<br />
* Schnell, William J. ''30 Years a Watchtower Slave''. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 1956, 1971, reprinted 2001. ISBN 0-8010-6384-1<br />
**One of the first book-length critiques of the organization to be written by a disaffected former Witness<br />
*''Apostles of Denial'' by Edmond C. Gruss. ISBN 978-0-87552-305-7.<br />
*''Crisis of Conscience'' by Raymond Franz. Commentary Press. 420 pages. Hardback ISBN 0-914675-24-9. Paperback ISBN 0-914675-23-0. 4th edition (June 2002)<ref name=Gruss/><br />
**Franz was a former Jehovah's Witness who was a member of the [[Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses|Governing Body]] of the Watch Tower Society for nine years. This book gives a detailed account of the authority structure, practices, doctrines and decision-making practices Franz experienced while serving on the Governing Body. It is a major critique of the organization. Franz is a former member of the Governing Body, and nephew of the fourth president of the Watchtower Society. Sample chapters online: [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0914675230?p=S003 1], [http://web.archive.org/web/20031209184316/http://users.volja.net/izobcenec4/coc/9.pdf 9], [http://web.archive.org/web/20060208160353/http://users.volja.net/izobcenec4/coc/10.pdf 10], [http://web.archive.org/web/20031209195958/users.volja.net/izobcenec4/coc/11.pdf 11], [http://web.archive.org/web/20031209184316/http://users.volja.net/izobcenec4/coc/12.pdf 12].<br />
*''The Gentile Times Reconsidered: Chronology & Christ's Return'' by Carl O. Jonsson.<ref name=Gruss/><br />
**Jonsson considers the origin of the belief that the Gentile Times began in 607 B.C. and examines several lines of evidence and the methodology for deriving it. ISBN 0-914675-06-0 Publisher: Commentary Press (July, 1998, Fourth edition 2004)<br />
*''I Was Raised a Jehovah's Witness'' by Joe Hewitt. 1997. Kregel Publications ISBN 0-8254-2876-9 <br />
**Hewitt gives an account of his life as a Jehovah's Witness and his subsequent decision to leave the Jehovah's Witness movement. Read selections from: [http://books.google.com/books?id=PGHnptvAi9AC&printsec=frontcover I Was Raised a Jehovah's Witness] <br />
*''Jehovah Himself Has Become King'' by Robert King. ISBN 978-1-4208-5498-5 / Publisher: AuthorHouse (September 14, 2005, First Edition) <br />
**The author considers himself one of Jehovah's Witnesses but was excommunicated after publishing his review and criticisms of current Watchtower interpretations related to Bible prophecy, and documentation regarding the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society's involvement with the United Nations. <br />
*''Jehovah's Witnesses Defended'' and ''Three Dissertations'', both by Greg Stafford.<br />
**The author considers himself one of Jehovah's Witnesses but has renounced affiliation with the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society. These books review and thoroughly explore some of the most prevalent criticisms made about Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society.<br />
*''The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses'' by Heather and Gary Botting.<ref name=Chryssides/><br />
**Both authors were raised Jehovah's Witnesses and are trained scholars. In fact, the book is based on a doctoral dissertation by Heather Botting. Read selections from: [http://books.google.com/books?id=MRj4hmqPRxEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Orwellian+World+of+Jehovah%27s+Witnesses&sig=2b-dGeI1e_hTqunrjxAR-em0Upw The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses] University of Toronto Press, ISBN 978-0-8020-6545-2<br />
*''30 Years a Watchtower Slave: The Confessions of a Converted Jehovah's Witness'' by William J. Schnell. ISBN 978-0-8010-6384-8<ref name=Chryssides/><br />
*''The Truth Book: Escaping a Childhood of Abuse Among Jehovah's Witnesses'' by [[Joy Castro]]<br />
**adopted as a baby and raised by a devout Jehovah's Witness family. Read selections from: [http://books.google.com/books?id=YfrgI0e7AgQC&printsec=frontcover The Truth Book: Escaping a Childhood of Abuse Among Jehovah's Witnesses] Published 2005 Arcade Publishing, ISBN 1-55970-787-9<br />
* ''Witnesses of Jehovah'' by Leonard & Marjorie Chretien. ISBN 978-0-89081-587-8.<ref name=Gruss/><br />
*''Wolves Among Sheep'' by James Kostelniuk. Harpercollins ISBN 978-0-00-639107-4<br />
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==Persecution in Nazi Germany==<br />
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*Garbe, Detlef (2008). ''Between Resistance and Martyrdom: Jehovah's Witnesses in the Third Reich''. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-299-20794-3.<br />
*King, Christine Elizabeth (1983), ''The Nazi State and the New Religions: Five Case Studies in Non-Conformity''. ISBN 0-889-468656<br />
* Penton, James (2004). ''Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich: Sectarian Politics Under Persecution''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-8678-0.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Watch Tower Society publications]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
[[Category:Jehovah's Witnesses|*]]<br />
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