The People Who Are Steadfast Under Persecution
- Year
- 2023
- ISBN
- 978-965-598-508-5
- Authors
- Sergei Ivanenko, Elena Volkova
I continue my study of the religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the extraordinary circumstances that have arisen since the April 20, 2017 decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation to ban the Administrative Center and all 395 local religious organizations of Jehovah’s Witnesses. What exactly is of interest to me as a religious expert?
Jehovah’s Witnesses—A Traditional Religious Organization in Russia
- Year
- 2002
- ISBN
- 5-7287-0226-0
- Author
- Sergei Ivanenko
The author, a religious scholar with 25 years of experience who is not one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, successfully defended in 2002 his doctoral dissertation on the development of the ideology and activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia and seeks to objectively answer the following questions: Are Jehovah’s Witnesses a sect? Can they be considered a traditional religious organization in Russia? What are the prospects for improving relations between Jehovah’s Witnesses and the state?
The People Who Are Never Without Their Bibles
- Year
- 1999
- ISBN
- 5-7287-0176-0
- Author
- Sergei Ivanenko
The book is the result of an in-depth thoughtful examination of the religious organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses based on the author’s personal impressions, and his study of literature and archive materials. The author is a religious scholar with over twenty years of experience, who is not one of Jehovah’s Witnesses and seeks to objectively cover the multifaceted activity of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia, reflecting on the significance of their mission in the modern world.
From the author
I have been studying religion for more than 40 years, and I have only been able to study about 150 faiths in more or less detail. Of all the religious movements I have met in person or read about, Jehovah's Witnesses have been of the greatest interest to me. I have been studying this religion since 1990. In 2002 I defended my doctoral dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy on the characteristics of the ideology and activity of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. I continue my study of this denomination in the extraordinary circumstances that have arisen after the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation to ban the Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia and all 395 local religious organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses.
