How prophecy lives / edited by Diana G. Tumminia and William H. Swatos, Jr.
Taking its inspiration from the 50th anniversary of the publication of Festinger and others's 1956 seminal and controversial volume When Prophecy Fails , which introduced the notion of \'cognitive dissonance\' as an explanation for how a small group of flying saucer devotees handled t...
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| Superior document: | Religion and the social order, v. 21 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religion and the social order ;
v. 21. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Notes: | Publ. on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the publication "When prophecy fails" by Leon Festinger. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Diana G. Tumminia and William H. Swatos
- Introduction: How Failure Succeeds / Diana G. Tumminia
- Revisiting When Prophecy Fails / Benton Johnson
- Where Prophecy Lives: Psychological and Sociological Studies of Cognitive Dissonance / Ralph W. Hood
- The Festinger Theory on Failed Prophecy and Dissonance: A Survey and Critique / Jon R. Stone
- Clearing the Underbrush: Moving beyond Festinger to a New Paradigm for the Study of Failed Prophecy / Lorne L. Dawson
- When Prophets Fail to Fail: A Case Study of Yuko Chino, Chino Shoho, and the Pana-Wave Laboratory / Salvador Jimenez Murguia
- Leadership and the Impact of Failed Prophecies on New Religious Movements: The Case of the Church Universal and Triumphant / Lorne L. Dawson and Bradley C. Whitsel
- Failed Prophecy and Group Demise: The Case of Chen Tao / Stuart A. Wright and Arthur L. Greil
- A Square Theory in a Round Reality: Thoughts on the Study of the Unarius Prophecy / Diana G. Tumminia
- The Sociology of Prophecy Sub Specie Æternitatis / William H. Swatos
- Contributors / Diana G. Tumminia and William H. Swatos.