Expecting Armageddon Essential Readings (27 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. This volume gathers together classic essays addressing the intriguing question first raised by Leon Festinger in his 1956 work When Prophecy Fails. Assembling both sociological and psychological perspectives on a striking theme in religious history. Expecting Armageddon brings together forty years of work on how beilief in prophecy survives even when prophecies fail--from back cover. Light wear, no apparent markings.…

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Condition: New. What happens when prophecies fail? The aim of this anthology is to gather together research from the fields of sociology and psychology that seek to answer this question. Editor(s): Stone, Jon R. (University of California, Berkeley, USA). Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434. . 2000. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .…

Condition: New. What happens when prophecies fail? The aim of this anthology is to gather together research from the fields of sociology and psychology that seek to answer this question. Editor(s): Stone, Jon R. (University of California, Berkeley, USA). Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434. . 2000. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The expectation of an end to time and the yearning for a millennial paradise have been recurring themes in Western religious thought. But when we speak of expectation of the world's end we are mindful of the fact that generation after generation of millenarians have been disappointed. Their endtime hopes and prophecies have not come true. What happens, one might ask, when prophecies fail Does failure spell the end of the very movements that embrace such expectations The aim of this anthology is to gather together in one volume the essential research from the fields of sociology and psychology that seeks to answer this intriguing question as first raised by Festinger in his 1956 work, When Prophecy Fails. Cross-cultural and comparative, this collection chronicles forty years of research into failed prophecy and response to the attending cognitive dissonance it produces that is at once timely and informative.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The expectation of an end to time and the yearning for a millennial paradise have been recurring themes in Western religious thought. But when we speak of expectation of the world's end we are mindful of the fact that generation after generation of millenarians have been disappointed. Their endtime hopes and prophecies have not come true. What happens, one might ask, when prophecies fail Does failure spell the end of the very movements that embrace such expectations The aim of this anthology is to gather together in one volume the essential research from the fields of sociology and psychology that seeks to answer this intriguing question as first raised by Festinger in his 1956 work, When Prophecy Fails. Cross-cultural and comparative, this collection chronicles forty years of research into failed prophecy and response to the attending cognitive dissonance it produces that is at once timely and informative.…