‘If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you’: the eschatological tranquillity of Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted in Russia

In 2017 the Russian Supreme Court officially declared the organisation of Jehovah’s Witnesses to be extremist, and another court declared their Bible translation to be extremist material. In the context of Soviet-era persecutions and routine harassment and intimidation even before 2017, the JW commu...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Mikeshin, Igor (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Έκδοση: 2025
Στο/Στη: Religion, state & society
Έτος: 2025, Τόμος: 53, Τεύχος: 5, Σελίδες: 463-481
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Bible
B Persecution
B Jehovah’s Witnesses
B Eschatology
B Russia
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