Preganjanje Jehovovih prič na Slovenskem v času komunizma

diplomska naloga

Maja Varga (Author), Darko Friš (Mentor)

Abstract

The history of Jehovah's Witnesses began to form more than one hundred years ago. It started in 1870's under leadership of Charles Taze Russell, who formed meetings of Bible students that later became Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. Later in the 30's and 40's of the 20th century many of them were persecuted and arrested because they were proclaiming God's kingdom. In many legal proceedings they fought for their rights, freedom of speeches, freedom of publishing and rights for public meetings. The work of Jehovah's Witnesses was also persecuted during the Second World War. Because they didn't want to cooperate with the Nazi regime, a lot of Witnesses were sent to concentration camp. Jehovah's Witnesses appeared in Slovenia in the middle of 1920's. Between 1925 and 1927 there was a small group of Bible students in Maribor, known as "Raziskovalci Biblije" or "Bibelforšerji", who had meetings in their private homes. Later in 1953 a constitution of Christian community of Jehovah's Witnesses was accepted and registered in Belgrade. Jehovah's Witnesses are worldwide known as people who are politically neutral. Because of this the authorities during communist regime (1945-1990) put them under trial. A lot of them were convicted for long sentences in prison. After they served their time in the prison and came out, they were again convicted for the same thing. A lot of Witnesses spent more than ten years in prison. Firstly they were persecuted because of preaching the Bible, later because of refusing of weapons, uniforms and military service. Because communist government persecuted Jehovah's Witnesses, they have violated declaration of Human rights. Trough stories of some Witnesses, who were imprisoned, it can be seen what they went through and how they have suffered during that period of time. But their persistence was awarded. In 1985 the first discussions about conscientious objection in civil service instead of military service took place. Civil service allowed individuals free and honorable life. Later in 1990's a bill has been passed about rectification of injustice. Many Jehovah's Witnesses received a status of former political prisoners and with that they have the right to indemnity.

Keywords

zgodovina;teologija;Jehovove priče;Slovenija;komunizem;preganjanje;diplomska dela;

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Language:	Slovenian
Year of publishing:	2009
Source:	Maribor
Typology:	2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
Organization:	UM FF - Faculty of Arts
Publisher:	[M. Varga]
UDC:	2(043.2)
COBISS:	17194504
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Secondary language:	English
Secondary title:	Persecution of the Jehovah's Witnesses under communist regime
Secondary abstract:	The history of Jehovah’s Witnesses began to form more than one hundred years ago. It started in 1870’s under leadership of Charles Taze Russell, who formed meetings of Bible students that later became Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. Later in the 30’s and 40’s of the 20th century many of them were persecuted and arrested because they were proclaiming God’s kingdom. In many legal proceedings they fought for their rights, freedom of speeches, freedom of publishing and rights for public meetings. The work of Jehovah’s Witnesses was also persecuted during the Second World War. Because they didn’t want to cooperate with the Nazi regime, a lot of Witnesses were sent to concentration camp. Jehovah’s Witnesses appeared in Slovenia in the middle of 1920’s. Between 1925 and 1927 there was a small group of Bible students in Maribor, known as “Raziskovalci Biblije” or “Bibelforšerji”, who had meetings in their private homes. Later in 1953 a constitution of Christian community of Jehovah’s Witnesses was accepted and registered in Belgrade. Jehovah’s Witnesses are worldwide known as people who are politically neutral. Because of this the authorities during communist regime (1945 – 1990) put them under trial. A lot of them were convicted for long sentences in prison. After they served their time in the prison and came out, they were again convicted for the same thing. A lot of Witnesses spent more than ten years in prison. Firstly they were persecuted because of preaching the Bible, later because of refusing of weapons, uniforms and military service. Because communist government persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, they have violated declaration of Human rights. Trough stories of some Witnesses, who were imprisoned, it can be seen what they went through and how they have suffered during that period of time. But their persistence was awarded. In 1985 the first discussions about conscientious objection in civil service instead of military service took place. Civil service allowed individuals free and honorable life. Later in 1990’s a bill has been passed about rectification of injustice. Many Jehovah’s Witnesses received a status of former political prisoners and with that they have the right to indemnity.
Secondary keywords:	Univerzitetna in visokošolska dela;
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS):	Undergraduate thesis
Thesis comment:	Univ. v Mariboru, Filozofska fak., Oddelek za zgodovino
Pages:	139 f.
Keywords (UDC):	religion;theology;verstva;teologija;
ID:	18112