An edition of When prophecy fails: a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world (1956)

When prophecy fails

a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world

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An edition of When prophecy fails: a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world (1956)

When prophecy fails

a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world

by , , and

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Social scientists test their hypotheses about prophetic-disconfirmation behavior by observing a group prophesying the end of the world.

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Harper & Row
Language
English
Pages
253

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Subjects

disconfirmation behavior, news media, Prophecies, proselyting, Prophecies (occultism), End of the world, social relations, Prophéties, Prophecies (Occultism)

Times

late 1940s to early 1950s

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When prophecy fails
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When prophecy fails: a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world
1966, Harper Torchbooks
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When prophecy fails: a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world
1964, Harper & Row
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When prophecy fails
1956, University of Minnesota Press
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First Sentence

"A man with a conviction is a hard man to change."

Table of Contents

Foreword
Table of Contents
Page 1
I. Unfulfilled Prophecies and Disappointed Messiahs
Page 3
II. Teachings and Prophecies from Outer Space
Page 33
III. Spreading the Word on Earth
Page 58
IV. The Long Wait for Orders
Page 87
V. Four Days of Very Imminent Salvation
Page 139
VI. An Unfulfilled Prophecy and an Elated Prophet
Page 174
VII. Reaction to Disconfirmation
Page 193
VIII. Alone and Dry
Page 216
Epilogue
Page 230
Methodological Appendix
Page 237
Notes to Chapter I
Page 253
Index
Page 255

Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Series
Harper torchbooks -- TB1132

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
133.320973
Library of Congress
BF1809 .F4 1964

The Physical Object

Pagination
253 p.
Number of pages
253

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24223779M
Internet Archive
whenprophecyfail00festrich
OCLC/WorldCat
280034

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL4788695W

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