Jehovah''s Witnesses in Europe: Past and Present Volume 1 Part 1/1 and 1/2

The religious association of Jehovahs Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. How Jehovahs Witnesses found their way in these countries has depended upon the way this missionary association was treated by the majority of the non-Witness population, the government and established churches. In this respect, the history of Jehovahs Witnesses in Europe is also a history of the social constitution of these countries and their willingness to accept and integrate religious minorities. Jehovahs Witnesses faced suppression and persecution not only in dictatorships, but also in some democratic states. In other countries, however, they developed in relative freedom. How the different situations in the various national societies affected the religious association and what challenges Jehovahs Witnesses had to overcome and still do in part even until our day is the theme of this history volume. See more