James Penton

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

About Jehovah's Witnesses
Part of a series on Jehovah's Witnesses

Demographics
Organizational structure
Governing Body · Legal instruments Faithful and Discreet Slave
History
Bible Student movement Jehovah's Witnesses splinter groups
Government interactions
Supreme Court cases
Persecution
United States · Canada Nazi Germany
Controversies
Beliefs
Beliefs and practices
God's name · Eschatology Blood · Disfellowshipping
Literature
The Watchtower · Awake! New World Translation
Digital Files
Watchtower MP3 \| Awake MP3
Related people
Formative influences
C.T. Russell · William Miller N.H. Barbour · Jonas Wendell George Storrs · Henry Grew
Watchtower Presidents
J.F. Rutherford · N.H. Knorr F.W. Franz · M.G. Henschel D.A. Adams
Notable Watchtower Officials
Hayden C. Covington · A. H. Macmillan
Notable Former Jehovah's Witnesses
Raymond Franz · James Penton Olin R. Moyle
This box: view • talk • edit

James Penton is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

Born in April 1932, Penton was raised as a third-generation Jehovah's Witness. He gradually came to disagree with the teachings of the religion during the 1970s and was eventually excommunicated, or disfellowshipped. While still a member, he wrote a book entitled The History of Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada, which has been widely regarded outside the organization^{[citation needed]} (and until his expulsion, within the organization as well) as an excellent account of the Canadian history of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Since leaving the organization, he has authored at least two more books, edited two journals, and written five articles about the Jehovah's Witnesses. The first book was titled Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses. In 2004, his book Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich: Sectarian Politics under Persecution was published.