Mashahidi wa Yehova

Makao makuu ya kimataifa huko Brooklyn, New York, Marekani.

Sehemu ya mfululizo kuhusu
Ukristo
Yesu Yesu katika Ukristo Yesu kuzaliwa na Bikira Utume wa Yesu Kifo Ufufuko Kristo
Biblia ya Kikristo Historia ya wokovu Kanuni ya Biblia Agano la Kale Agano Jipya Injili
Teolojia Mungu Baba Mwana Roho Mtakatifu Utatu Mtakatifu Kanisa Katoliki Ufunuo Mapokeo ya Mitume Kanuni ya Imani Historia ya teolojia Umisionari Utetezi wa Ukristo Kifodini Wokovu Sakramenti Ubatizo Kipaimara Ekaristi Kitubio Mpako wa wagonjwa Daraja takatifu Ndoa
Historia ya Kanisa Bikira Maria Mitume wa Yesu Mtume Petro Mtume Paulo Mababu wa Kanisa Walimu wa Kanisa Papa Ukristo katika karne za kwanza Umonaki Konstantino Mkuu Mitaguso ya kiekumene Agostino wa Hippo Farakano la mwaka 1054 Vita vya msalaba Fransisko wa Asizi Dominiko Guzman Thoma wa Akwino Martin Luther Matengenezo ya Kiprotestanti Urekebisho wa Kikatoliki Wajesuiti Upietisti Ekumeni
Mada nyingine Liturujia Mwaka wa Kanisa Muziki wa Kikristo Sala Sanaa ya Kikristo Ukristo na dini nyingine
Madhehebu Mashariki Waasiria Wakatoliki wa Mashariki Waorthodoksi Waorthodoksi wa Mashariki Magharibi Waadventisti Waanabaptisti Waanglikana Wabaptisti Wakalvini Wakatoliki Wakatoliki wa Kale Walutheri Wamethodisti Wamoraviani Wapentekoste Waprotestanti Wasiosadiki Utatu Mashahidi wa Yehova Wamormoni

Mashahidi wa Yehova (kwa Kiingereza Jehovah's Witnesses) ni wafuasi wa dini jamii ya Ukristo ambayo ilianzia Marekani na kuenea ulimwenguni kote.

Tofauti na Wakristo karibu wote, hao hawamuamini Yesu kuwa Mungu sawa na Baba, wala Roho Mtakatifu kuwa nafsi, na kwa jumla hawakubali imani katika Utatu wa nafsi katika Mungu pekee. Kwa sababu hiyo madhehebu mengi hayawatambui kama Wakristo wala hayakubali ubatizo wao.

Mwanzilishi alikuwa Charles Taze Russell pamoja na kikundi cha wanafunzi wa Biblia (miaka ya 1870). Jina la sasa lilianza kutumika mwaka 1931.

Kwa sasa wako milioni 8.3 katika jumuia 119,485 (kadiri ya Kitabu cha Mwaka 2017 cha Mashahidi wa Yehova). Ongezeko ni la asilimia 1.8 kwa mwaka.

Hoja dhidi yao

Wengi wamelaumu Mashahidi wa Yehova hasa kutokana na jinsi walivyotafsiri na wanavyofafanua Biblia, mafundisho yao, katazo la utoaji damu, mara kadhaa za utabiri wao kutotimia hasa kuhusu mambo ya mwisho, pamoja na jinsi waumini wanavyofuatiliwa na kushinikizwa.

Kwa sababu hizo katika nchi mbalimbali dini hiyo iliwahi kukatazwa, kama nchini Tanzania wakati wa urais wa Julius Nyerere au bado ni marufuku.

Wenyewe wamekataa daima lawama hizo, lakini kila mwaka wengi wanajitenga nao.

Marejeo

• Jehovah's Witnesses: Portrait of a Contemporary Religious Movement by Andrew Holden. An academic study on the sociological aspects of Jehovah's Witnesses phenomenon. Publisher: Routledge; 1st edition 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-26610-9.
• Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993) by Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. Official history of the development of the beliefs, practices, and organisational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses.
• Counting the Days to Armageddon by Robert Crompton (1996). A detailed examination of the development of Jehovah's Witnesses' eschatology. James Clarke & Co, Cambridge, ISBN 0-227-67939-3.
• Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Alan Rogerson. Detailed history of the Watch Tower movement, particularly its early years, a summary of Witness doctrines and the organizational and personal framework in which Witnesses conduct their lives. Constable & Co, London, 1969. SBN 094559406
• State and Salvation by William Kaplan (1989). Documents the Witnesses' fight for civil rights in Canada and the US amid political persecution during World War II. University of Toronto Press, ISBN 0-8020-5842-6.
• Botting, Gary (1993). Fundamental Freedoms and Jehovah's Witnesses. University of Calgary Press. ISBN 1-895176-06-9. 
• Botting, Heather and Gary (1984). The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-6545-7. 
• Chryssides, George D. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-6074-0. 
• Crompton, Robert. Counting the Days to Armageddon. James Clarke & Co, Cambridge, 1996. ISBN 0-227-67939-3
  • A detailed examination of the development of Jehovah's Witnesses' eschatology.
• Penton, M. James (1997). Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-7973-3. 
• Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. Mashahidi wa Yehova—Imani Yenye Matendo, Sehemu ya 1: Kutoka Gizani (Mashahidi wa Yehova-Watu Wanaotenda kwa Imani, Sehemu ya 1: Kutoka Katika Giza), Mashahidi wa Yehova—Imani Yenye Matendo, Sehemu ya 2: Nuru na Iangaze (2010-2011) Official history of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Viungo vya nje

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Tovuti rasmi

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Tovuti nyingine

• 'Knocking' – A documentary about Jehovah's Witnesses. Sample Trailer
• Why Do Jehovah's Witnesses Grow So Rapidly: A Theoretical Explanation – Theory documented by sociologists Rodney Stark & Laurence R. Iannaccone.
• Who are Jehovah's Witnesses, What are their beliefs Chapter from book, Religious Denominations In The United States by Frank S. Mead, Samuel S. Hill and Craig D. Atwood, (2005). Abingdon Press.

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