Prophetic Failure and Chiliastic Identity: The Case of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Zygmunt, Joseph F.

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Publication Date: 1970

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Prophetic Failure and Chiliastic Identity: The Case of Jehovah's Witnesses

Zygmunt, Joseph F.

Amer J Sociol, 75, 6, 926-948, May '70

Presents a longitudinal analysis of the impact of the group's millenarian orientation upon its developmental career. Attention is focused upon long-term modes of adjustment to recurrent prophetic failures, examining the ways in which the sect has adapted its collective identity to meet such crises." (Author/SE)

Descriptors: Beliefs, Group Dynamics, Negative Attitudes, Religious Cultural Groups, Self Concept, Social Change, Social Psychology, Social Systems

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