James Penton

James (Jim) Penton (1932 -) is a highly skilled Professor of Histoire of the Université of Lethbridge in the Alberta, with the Canada.

Professional path and family life

Penton was born with the Canada in April 1932. For medical reasons, it moved in Tucson, in Arizona in 1948 and married Marilyn Kling in 1951, faithful Témoin of Jéhovah being useful like pioneer with Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, with which it had three children. After its Marriage, Penton continued its studies at the university and finally obtained a diploma of the university of the Arizona in 1956, and started of new studies at the university of the State of Iowa immediately afterwards. In 1958, it obtained a control in History.

In 1959, with its family, it migrated to Mayaguez, on the island of Puerto Rico, where it briefly taught. In 1960, it taught at the university of the Michigan to Marquette, where him and its family lived during three years. During the be 1963, Penton is turned over in Iowa to fill its doctoral essay. In 1964, it found a station at the university of the Wisconsin, Whitewater, then in 1965, at the university of Calgary in Alberta, then in 1967 at the university of Lethbridge, also in Alberta, and this until in 1990. He was also the president of the Canadian Company of the History of the Church.

In 1990, Penton took its early withdrawal.

Course with the center and out of the Witnesses of Jéhovah

Penton was a Witness of Jéhovah of the fourth generation.

In 1973, it was named old, then in 1975, it published the book the Witnesses of Jéhovah in Canada recalling the legal combat of the Witnesses in this country. It has then work in a hospital committee of connection and, in the middle of the Années 1970 thought of making among members oints, i.e. small group having a celestial espérence.

However, after a voyage to the world seats of Brooklyn during the be 1979, Penton sent a letter of protest to the Société Watchtower having milked on several subjects. Consequently, it initially was erased of its function of old, then excommunicated, with fifteen member of its family and that of his wife.

Since, it published two newspapers and five articles on the Témoins of Jéhovah. It is especially known to be the author of two books known on this religious movement: delayed Apocalypse: history of the Witnesses of Jéhovah , which knew a republication in 1997, and Witnesses of Jéhovah and III Reich: the sectarian policy under persecution .

See too

Internal bonds

Pilot of Jéhovah

Critical of the beliefs of the Witnesses of Jéhovah

External bonds and sources of the article

Profile of James Penton

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