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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Adam looks at why the elders arrangement has been changed recently to allow men as young as 21 to become elders in congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Stephanie discusses why the book study meeting held in peoples home was removed and the team speculate as to the reasons behind the change.
Louise discusses the court case that preceded the literature changing from having a fixed price printed on the covers, to being offered to householders for 'free', albeit it with strong encouragement to make a donation.

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The Irish Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse 2000: https://childabusecommission.ie/

The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse 2012: https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/Interview with Governing Body member, Geoffrey Jackson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erWV8YnTFto
Information video about how to make an application for redress for Child Sexual abuse while in the Jehovah's Witnesses in Australia: https://saysorry.org/2024/02/19/jehovahs-witnesses-and-the-australian-national-redress-scheme/

New Zealand Inquiry into Abuse in Care: https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/reports/whanaketia/preliminaries/recommendations

Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry: https://www.childabuseinquiry.scot/

England and Wales Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA): https://www.iicsa.org.uk/
UK Government proposals following IICSA: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/next-steps-to-tackle-child-sexual-exploitation

Irish Scoping Inquiry into Historical Sexual Abuse in Schools run by Religious Orders: https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/42b7e-education-scoping-inquiry/#survivor-engagement

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