Failed Prophecies Are Fatal

Many scholars of new religious movements claim that religious belief and religious groups generally survive failed apocalyptic or millennial prophecies. This claim originates with the original cognitive dissonance study, When Prophecy Fails, and has been reiterated by recent surveys of the field. In...

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Main Author: Kelly, Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2023
In: International journal for the study of new religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 48-71
Further subjects:B New Religious Movement
B Baha’is under the Provision of the Covenant
B apocalypses
B failed prophecy
B When Prophecy Fails
B Cognitive Dissonance
B Unarians
B Millerites
B Prophecies
B Prophecy
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