'When Prophecy Fails: a Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World' by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, Stanley Schachter

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'Crisis of Conscience' by Ray Franz: https://friendsofraymondfranz.com/

'The Four Presidents of the Watchtower' by Edmond C Gruss: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jFDi5jGsyV8C&printsec=frontcover&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

Podcast interview with Howie Routledge Tran on JW Community Podcast: https://jwcommunitypodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/1a18bbfa

$100 million lawsuit against WTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSeEfJJPSBo
Link to court document: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.652986/gov.uscourts.nysd.652986.1.0.pdf

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Resources supporting this podcast:
Pew Research: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/10/11/how-income-varies-among-u-s-religious-groups/

Religion Watch: https://www.religionwatch.com/jehovahs-witnesses-educational-and-professional-deficit/

Educational Attainment by sex and religion in the United States: https://paa2019.populationassociation.org/uploads/190745

Jehovahs Witnesses and Higher Education: https://jw.support/blog/2019/12/02/jehovahs-witnesses-and-higher-education/

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References:

'The Four Presidents of the Watchtower' by Edmond C Gruss. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Presidents-Watch-Society-Jehovahs-Witnesses/dp/1594671311

Photo of Christmas celebration at Brooklyn Bethel: https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/zu71me/the_last_time_christmas_was_celebrated_at/

Evidence of Nazi Flags at Rutherford's Berlin convention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdJEvw9pdAc

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An entertaining discussion about the carts compared to the perils of olden day field service, the role of the sisters and their legendary cleaning and catering skills, and then Adam gives us a detailed run down of what the Thursday meeting used to be like before the format radically changed into its current iteration.

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Books used to research this episode:
The Four Presidents of the Watchtower Society by Edmund Gruss https://www.amazon.co.uk/Presidents-Watch-Society-Jehovahs-Witnesses/dp/1594671311

Webpages used in this episode:
https://loc.getarchive.net/media/the-evening-prayer
https://jwdivorces.bravehost.com/russell.html
https://archive.org/details/1880ZionsWatchTower

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Links to the articles and emails mentioned in the show are as follows:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/oct/08/religion.world

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/oct/15/religion.unitednations

https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/united-nations-association.php

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