Bibliography of works on Jehovah's Witnesses

This is a bibliography of works on the Jehovah's Witnesses.

General

• Bergman, Jerry (1984). Jehovah's Witnesses and kindred groups. New York: Garland Pub. ISBN 9780824091095.
• Chryssides, George D. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses. Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810860742.
• Chryssides, George D. (2009). The A to Z of Jehovah's Witnesses. The A to Z Guide Series. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810868915.
• Chryssides, George D. (2016). Jehovah's Witnesses: Continuity and Change. Routledge New Religions. Routledge. ISBN 9781409456087.
• Crompton, Robert. Counting the Days to Armageddon. James Clarke & Co, Cambridge, 1996. ISBN 0-227-67939-3
  • A detailed examination of the development of Jehovah's Witnesses' eschatology.
• Gruss, Edmond C. (2001). Jehovah's Witnesses : their claims, doctrinal changes, and prophetic speculation : what does the record show?. Fairfax, VA: Xulon Press. ISBN 9781931232302.
• Holden, Andrew. Jehovah's Witnesses: Portrait of a Contemporary Religious Movement New York: Routledge, 2002, ISBN 0415266092
  • An academic study on the sociological aspects of Jehovah's Witnesses phenomenon.
• Kaplan, William. State and Salvation Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989. ISBN 0-8020-5842-6
  • Documents the Witnesses' fight for civil rights in Canada and the USA amid political persecution during World War II.
• Knox, Zoe (2018). Jehovah's Witnesses and the Secular World: From the 1870s to the Present. Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137396044.
• Rogerson, Alan (1969). Millions now living will never die: a study of Jehovah's Witnesses. Constable.
  • 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.
• Schulz, B. W. (2014). A Separate Identity: Organizational Identity Among Readers of Zion's Watch Tower: 1870-1887. ISBN 978-1304969408.
  • Detailed history of the Watch Tower movement's earliest years written to an academic standard. It is based on fresh research into original documents. This is volume one of a two volume work.
• Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993)
  • Official history of Jehovah's Witnesses.
• Whalen, William J. Armageddon Around the Corner: a report on Jehovah's Witnesses (1962) OCLC Number: 1261733
• 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.

Critiques and personal accounts

• Andrews, Edward D. (2017). Investigating Jehovah's Witnesses: Why 1914 Is Important to Jehovah’s Witnesses. Christian Publishing House. ISBN 1945757515. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  • Study by a former Jehovah's Witnesses.
• Evert, Jason (2001). Answering Jehovah's Witnesses. San Diego, CA: Catholic Answers. ISBN 1888992212. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  • Catholic apologetics for addressing Witnesses.
• Franz, Raymond (2007). In Search of Christian Freedom (Second ed.). Atlanta: Commentary Press. ISBN 0-914675-17-6. Originally published in 1991. ISBN 0914675141.
  • Critique and analysis
• Gaskill, Alonzo L. (2016). Know Your Religions Volume 3: A Comparative Look at Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses. Cedar Fort. ISBN 9781462127092. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  • A comparison with Mormonism by a Professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University.
• Harrison, Barbara Grizzuti (1980). Visions of Glory: A History and a Memory of Jehovah's Witnesses (Abridged ed.). London: Hale. ISBN 0-7091-8013-6. Originally published in New York by Simon and Schuster in 1978
  • An account by an American journalist and essayist of growing up in the Jehovah's Witnesses religion, which she left at age 22.
• Macmillan, A. H. (1957). Faith on the March. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 9785872321002. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  • An autobiography by a longtime director of the Watch Tower Society who was among the Watch Tower officials imprisoned during the First World War.
• Penton, M. James (1997). Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses (Second ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-7973-3. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  • Scholarly examination of Jehovah's Witnesses history and doctrines
• Reed, David A. (1996). Answering Jehovah's Witnesses: Subject by Subject. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books. ISBN 080105317X. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
• Rodriguez, Daniel (2011). Winning the Witnesses. Chick Publications. ISBN 9780758908483. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  • An evangelical manual for proselytizing to Witnesses.
• Schnell, William J. Jehovah's Witnesses' Errors Exposed. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, [ca. 1980], cop. 1959. N.B.: First published in 1959 under title: Into the Light of Christianity. ISBN 0-8010-8074-6
• Schnell, William J. 30 Years a Watchtower Slave. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 1956, 1971, reprinted 2001. ISBN 0-8010-6384-1
  • One of the first book-length critiques of the organization to be written by a disaffected former Witness
• Stevenson, W. C. (1967). Year of Doom — 1975: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses. London: Hutchinson. Retrieved 5 January 2018. In 1968 the book was entitled Inside Story of Jehovah's Witnesses and released by Hart Publishing Company of New York City.
  • Written by a former member.
• An Alarming Situation for Jehovah's Witnesses, by Ted Denscher. Christian Literature Crusade, 1974. Objections to teachings of the Wintesses, written by a former member. Without ISBN
• Apostles of Denial by Edmond C. Gruss. ISBN 978-0-87552-305-7.
• 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)
  • Franz was a former Jehovah's Witness who was a member of the Governing Body of the Watch Tower Society for nine years, and nephew of the fourth president of the Watchtower Society. 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. Sample chapters online: 1, 9, 10, 11, 12.
• The Gentile Times Reconsidered: Chronology & Christ's Return by Carl O. Jonsson.
  • 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)
• I Was Raised a Jehovah's Witness by Joe Hewitt. 1997. Kregel Publications ISBN 0-8254-2876-9
  • 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: I Was Raised a Jehovah's Witness
• Jehovah Himself Has Become King by Robert King. ISBN 978-1-4208-5498-5 / Publisher: AuthorHouse (September 14, 2005, First Edition)
  • 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.
• Jehovah's Witnesses Defended and Three Dissertations, both by Greg Stafford.
  • 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.
• Botting, Heather; Botting, Gary (1984). The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-6545-7.
  • Both authors were raised Jehovah's Witnesses and are trained scholars. The book is based on a doctoral dissertation by Heather Botting.
• 30 Years a Watchtower Slave: The Confessions of a Converted Jehovah's Witness by William J. Schnell. ISBN 978-0-8010-6384-8
• The Truth Book: Escaping a Childhood of Abuse Among Jehovah's Witnesses by Joy Castro
  • adopted as a baby and raised by a devout Jehovah's Witness family. Read selections from: The Truth Book: Escaping a Childhood of Abuse Among Jehovah's Witnesses Published 2005 Arcade Publishing, ISBN 1-55970-787-9
• Witnesses of Jehovah by Leonard & Marjorie Chretien. ISBN 978-0-89081-587-8.
• Wolves Among Sheep by James Kostelniuk. Harpercollins ISBN 978-0-00-639107-4

Persecution in Nazi Germany

Further information: Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nazi Germany

• 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.
• Hesse, Hans, ed. (30 November 2002). Persecution and Resistance of Jehovah's Witnesses During the Nazi-Regime. Berghahn Books. ISBN 3861087502.
• King, Christine Elizabeth (1983), The Nazi State and the New Religions: Five Case Studies in Non-Conformity. ISBN 0-889-468656
• Penton, James (2004). Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich: Sectarian Politics Under Persecution. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-8678-0.
• Rammerstorfer, Bernhard (30 December 2013). Unbroken Will: The Extraordinary Courage of an Ordinary Man. XLIBRIS. ISBN 1493157817. The Story of Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor Leopold Engleitner, born 1905
• Reynaud, Michel; Graffard, Sylvie (29 May 2001). The Jehovah's Witnesses and the Nazis: Persecution, Deportation, and Murder, 1933-1945. Cooper Square Press. ISBN 081541076X. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

See also

• List of Watch Tower Society publications