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Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that God has had his Witnesses since the time of Abel, but the modern organization is a Christian religion which began in the United States in the nineteenth century, and has since spread all over the world. It is estimated that there are about 117 000 Witnesses in Britain.
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Green, J., Green, M. (1991). Jehovah’s Witnesses. In: Dealing with Death. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7216-3_20
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