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Judging Jehovah's Witnesses: Religious Persecution and the Dawn of the Rights Revolution
Shawn Franci Peters
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Paperback. While millions of Americans fought the Nazis, liberty was under attack at home with the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses who were intimidated and even imprisoned for refusing to salute the flag or serve in the armed forces. This study explores their defence of their First Amendment rights. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; HRCC99; JFSR; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
While millions of Americans were defending liberty against the Nazis, liberty was under vicious attack at home. One of the worst outbreaks of religious persecution in U.S. history occurred during World War II when Jehovah's Witnesses were intimidated, beaten, and even imprisoned for refusing to salute the flag or serve in the armed forces.
Determined to claim their First Amendment rights, Jehovah's Witnesses waged a tenacious legal campaign that led to twenty-three Supreme Court rulings between 1938 and 1946. Now Shawn Peters has written the first complete account of the personalities, events, and institutions behind those cases, showing that ... Read more
While millions of Americans were defending liberty against the Nazis, liberty was under vicious attack at home. One of the worst outbreaks of religious persecution in U.S. history occurred during World War II when Jehovah's Witnesses were intimidated, beaten, and even imprisoned for refusing to salute the flag or serve in the armed forces.
Determined to claim their First Amendment rights, Jehovah's Witnesses waged a tenacious legal campaign that led to twenty-three Supreme Court rulings between 1938 and 1946. Now Shawn Peters has written the first complete account of the personalities, events, and institutions behind those cases, showing that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
342
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700611829
SKU
V9780700611829
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About Shawn Franci Peters
Shawn Francis Peters is a freelance writer living in Madison, Wisconsin.
Reviews for Judging Jehovah's Witnesses: Religious Persecution and the Dawn of the Rights Revolution
Peters successfully uses the Witnesses' simple but eloquent voices to tell a remarkable story that lays bare the extremes of cowardice and courage so often found in nations engrossed by war." —American Historical Review "The stories of persecution are horrendous, and Peters tells them with sympathy and remarkable attention to detail and context." —Journal of American History "With ... Read more