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Expecting Armageddon Essential Readings in Failed Prophecy

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ISBN-10: 041592331X

ISBN-13: 9780415923316

Edition: 2000

Authors: Jon R. Stone

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What happens when prophecies fail? This anthology gathers together in one volume research from the fields of sociology and psychology, to seek an answer to this question.
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Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/20/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 294
Size: 6.34" wide x 8.98" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English

Preface
Introduction
Unfulfilled Prophecies and Disappointed Messiahs
Prophecy Fails Again: A Report of a Failure to Replicate
Prophetic Failure and Chiliastic Identity: The Case of Jehovah's Witnesses
When Prophecies Fail: A Theoretical Perspective on the Comparative Evidence
The Effects of Prophetic Disconfirmation of the Committed
Prophecy Continues to Fail: A Japanese Sect
When the Bombs Drop: Reactions to Disconfirmed Prophecy in a Millennial Sect
Spiritualization and Reaffirmation: What Really Happens when Prophecy Fails
Had Prophecy Failed?: Contrasting Perspectives of the Millerites and Shakers
How Do Movements Survive Failures of Prophecy?
"It Separated the Wheat from the Chaff": The "1975" Prophecy and Its Impact among Dutch Jehovah's Witnesses
Coping with Apocalypse in Canada: Experiences of Endtime in La Mission de l'Esprit Saint and the Institute of Applied Metaphysics
When Festinger Fails: Prophecy and the Watchtower
When Prophecy Is Not Validated: Explaining the Unexpected in a Messianic Campaign
Fifteen Years of Failed Prophecy: Coping with Cognitive Dissonance in a Baha'i Sect
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