James Penton

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James Penton is affiliated with the following schools: University of Calgary, University of Lethbridge, University of Arizona

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PhD History University of Calgary
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According to Wikipedia, James Penton is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada and the author of three books on the history of Jehovah's Witnesses. Although raised in the religion, he was expelled in 1981 on the grounds of apostasy after criticizing some of the teachings and conduct of the religion's leadership. His expulsion gained national media attention.

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Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses (1985) (51)
Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada: Champions of Freedom of Speech and Worship (1976) (17)
Fundamental Freedoms and Jehovah’s Witnesses by Gary Botting (review) (2016) (5)
Jehovah's Witnesses and the Secular State: A Historical Analysis of Doctrine (1979) (4)
Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses, Third Edition (2015) (2)
Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich: Sectarian Politics under Persecution (2004) (2)
The perception of Judeo-Christian religions. (1979) (0)
Comptes rendus / Reviews of books: Fundamental Freedoms and Jehovah's Witnesses Gary Botting Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1993. xvii + 214 p (1994) (0)
Fragile Freedoms: Human Rights and Dissent in Canada by Thomas R. Berger (review) (2016) (0)
The Hutterites: A Study in Prejudice by David Flint (review) (2016) (0)
[E]ven my body now lets the light through. (2016) (0)
4. The Era of Global Expansion (2015) (0)
Jewish Apocalypticism and Protestant Fundamentalism. (1983) (0)
2. Charles Russell and the Bible Student Movement (2015) (0)
7. Relations with the World (2015) (0)
State and Salvation: The Jehovah's Witnesses and Their Fight for Civil Rights William Kaplan Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989. xii + 340 p (1991) (0)
"Religious Freedom and Canadian Law: an historical evaluation" (1980) (0)
Review: The West and the Nation (1977) (0)
Compte rendu / Review of book: The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses Heather and Gary Botting Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1984. Pp. xxxiv + 222 (1985) (0)
Perspectives: Hi-Tech Everything: A Fragmented Report from the Heart of Techno-Consumerism (2018) (0)
Comptes rendus / Reviews of books: Fragile Freedoms: Human Rights and Dissent in Canada Thomas R. Berger Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1981. Pp. xviii + 298 (1983) (0)
Landlord and Peasant in Colonial Oaxaca by William B. Taylor (review) (2016) (0)

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