- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: James Clarke & Co Ltd (Sep 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0227679393
- ISBN-13: 978-0227679395
- Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 1.4 x 0.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,320,187 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This work, written by a man personally involved with the Jehovah's Witnesses movement for several years, provides an examination of the Witnesses' eschatological development, treating Watch Tower theology objectively but sympathetically. It also speculates about the future direction of Jehovah's Witness teaching. The book begins with a consideration of the biblical foundations of doctrines of the last days, particularly the books of Daniel and Revelation. There follows an outline summary of some of the main aspects of the history of the doctrine within the Protestant mainstream during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and an outline of the Adventist teaching of William Miller (1782-1849) in the USA. Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916), prime mover of the Watch Tower movement, developed his ideas during the time following the failure of Miller's expectations. This book explores the way in which Russell amended Miller's ideas and also the distinctive way in which he handled the Dispensational categorization of history of John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) to create an extension of historicist speculation on the application of prophecy to the modern world. The response of the Watch Tower movement to the failure of Russell's expectations in 1914 is explored and the new body of doctrine which has replaced Russell's is examined. The ways in which these doctrines have been modified in the past suggest ways in which future doctrine may develop, especially in response to the protracted delay of Armageddon. What is envisaged, in the light of the history of Watch Tower doctrine, is no dramatic collapse of the movement but rather an increasing emphasis upon other less vulnerable areas of doctrine together with a greater turnover of membership which may, in due course, undermine the movement's stability.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As a former Jw researching my religious heritage, I found this book to be an excellent non polemical work with the attention to detail to recomend this as scholarly.It follows the development of teachings refering to Christ's second presence following the disapointment of William Miller's predictions.It shows how the internal harmony of CT Russells dispensational interpretations (many borrowed and adjusted) made sense but how the reacurring disapointments of the adventist hopes have shifted the dates of fulfillment from one date to another and how the Watchtower Bible And Tract Society's interpretations now show a lack of internal harmony with antitype's at times clutched out of thin air and many teachings completely discarded as false when at one time they were "Truth".This joins the calm,non ranting ,scholarly works of Raymond Franz,Carl Olaf Johnson and Edmond Gruss.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Crompton offers one of the best descriptions available of the development of the doctrinal system of Jehovah's Witnesses. The author has succeeded in approaching a controversial subject strictly analytical and offers deep insight on how the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses have developed from Russell's adapted version of Millerism right into the contemporary framework where controversy is largely avoided or at least toned down. Interesting aspect is the way the author estimates the future of the Watchtower-Society (and its doctrines). When the leadership of the Society takes his view in account and applies the offered possibilities, it will remain existing deep into the 21st century.
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Clear insight in inextricable development of doctrine of JWs
27 May 2000
Format:Hardcover
Crompton offers one of the best descriptions available of the development of the doctrinal system of Jehovah's Witnesses. The author has succeeded in approaching a controversial subject strictly analytical and offers deep insight on how the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses have developed from Russell's adapted version of Millerism right into the contemporary framework where controversy is largely avoided or at least toned down. Interesting aspect is the way the author estimates the future of the Watchtower-Society (and its doctrines). When the leadership of the Society takes his view in account and applies the offered possibilities, it will remain existing deep into the 21st century.
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