When Prophecy Never Fails

Author : Diana G. Tumminia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0199884242

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When Prophecy Never Fails by Diana G. Tumminia Pdf

Of the approximately fifty percent of Americans who believe in UFOs, a fraction are devotees of one of the numerous UFO-based new religious movements. The Unarius Academy of Science is one of the oldest of these groups. Founded in 1954 by "Cosmic Visionaries" Ruth and Ernest Norman (also known, respectively, as Archangels Uriel and Raphiel), Unarius is devoted to teaching the all-encompassing Uranian Science. Combining elements of pop psychology, new age thought, and science fiction, the Science asks its students to channel messages from the infinitely intelligent Space Brothers and to heal themselves through the practice of past-life therapy. Unarians await the arrival of spaceships, manned by the Space Brothers, that will bring to earth advanced intergalactic technology that will benefit all humankind. Tumminia has been conducting research on Unarius for over a decade - attending meetings, inteviewing members, and studying official Unarian literature and videos. Here she offers an inside look at this fascinating movement. She pays particular attention to the ways Unarians adapt when their prophecies - and particularly their prediction that the Space Brothers would land in 2001 - don't materialize. This is the first in-depth study of any UFO religion.

Author : Leon Festinger,Stanley Schachter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781625589774

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When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger,Stanley Schachter Pdf

The study reported in this volume grew out of some theoretical work, one phase of which bore specifically on the behavior of individuals in social movements that made specific (and unfulfilled) prophecies. We had been forced to depend chiefly on historical records to judge the adequacy of our theoretical ideas until we by chance discovered the social movement that we report in this book. At the time we learned of it, the movement was in mid-career but the prophecy about which it was centered had not yet been disconfirmed. We were understandably eager to undertake a study that could test our theoretical ideas under natural conditions. That we were able to do this study was in great measure due to the support obtained through the Laboratory for Research in Social Relations of the University of Minnesota. This study is a project of the Laboratory and was carried out while we were all members of its staff. We should also like to acknowledge the help we received through a grant-in-aid from the Ford Foundation to one of the authors, a grant that made preliminary exploration of the field situation possible.

Author : Diana Tumminia,William H. Swatos
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004222687

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How Prophecy Lives by Diana Tumminia,William H. Swatos Pdf

Occasioned by reflections on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Festinger et al.'s When Prophecy Fails, this book examines social scientific prophecy research in the second half of the twentieth century, with particular attention to the question of the dynamics that inspired people to engage actively in such end-time activities.

Author : Leon Festinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Prophecies (Occultism)
ISBN : LCCN:56011611

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When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger Pdf

Author : Various Authors,
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 6637 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780310294146

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Holy Bible (NIV) by Various Authors, Pdf

The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.

Author : Suzanne Newcombe,Sarah Harvey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317074588

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Prophecy in the New Millennium by Suzanne Newcombe,Sarah Harvey Pdf

Secular and spiritual prophets of doom abound in the information-rich twenty-first century - as they have for millennia. But there has yet to be worldwide floods, meteor impact, global computer failure, obvious alien contact, or direct intervention from God to end the world as we know it. Considering the frequency with which prophecy apparently fails, why do prophecies continue to be made, and what social functions do they serve? This volume gives a concise, but comprehensive, overview of the rich diversity of prophecy, its role in major world religions as well as in new religions and alternative spiritualties, its social dynamics and its impact on individuals’ lives. Academic analyses are complimented with contextualized primary source testimonies of those who live and have lived within a prophetic framework. The book argues that the key to understanding the more dramatic, apocalyptic and millenarian aspects of prophecy is in appreciating prophecy’s more mundane manifestations and its role in providing meaning and motivation in everyday life.

Author : Leon Festinger,Henry Riecken,Stanley Schachter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1684226201

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When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger,Henry Riecken,Stanley Schachter Pdf

2021 Hardcover Reprint of the 1956 First edition. When Prophecy Fails [1956] is a classic text in social psychology authored by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter. It chronicles the experience of a UFO cult that believed the end of the world was at hand. In effect, it is a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world, and the adjustments made when the prediction failed to materialize. "The authors have done something as laudable as it is unusual for social psychologists. They espied a fleeting social movement important to a line of research they were interested in and took after it. They recruited a team of observers, joined the movement, and watched it from within under great difficulties until its crisis came and went. Their report is of interest as much for the method as for the substance."-Everett C. Hughes, The American Journal of Sociology.

Author : Leon Festinger,Henry W. Riecken,Stanley Schachter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Prophecies
ISBN : OCLC:187330103

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When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger,Henry W. Riecken,Stanley Schachter Pdf

Author : Andrew Chester
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Bible
ISBN : 316152196X

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Future of Hope and Present Reality by Andrew Chester Pdf

This book is the first of a two-volume work with the overall title "Future Hope and Present Reality . These volumes had their origin in the Speaker s Lectures that Andrew Chester gave in Oxford; their main focus is central themes in biblical eschatology, and especially the apparent contradictions between what is hoped for in the future and what is experienced in the present: the stark discrepancy, that is, between the world as it is and the world as it should be. In this first volume, as the subtitle "Eschatology and Transformation in the Hebrew Bible indicates, the author is concerned with the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament; the second will be on the New Testament). He deals, successively, with central eschatological themes and the deep tensions they involve: divine threats of an absolute end (to human life and to the world itself), and divine promises of blessing and transformation, along with the theological questions inevitably raised by these - both in themselves and in relation to each other; the whole phenomenon of prophecy, and the problems it involves - not least, whether it can be taken seriously, in face of the contradictions and failures it manifests. He discusses the sheer discrepancy between ideal and reality in traditions relating to kingship, along with the tensions inherent in the emergence of messianic hope; death, as representing the end of any relationship with God, along with hope that goes beyond death - in relation both to the individual and also the nation; and, finally, visions of a transformed and paradisal world, and whether these can bear any relation to reality. It is argued that the Hebrew Bible can be seen to offer genuine grounds for hope, but that these can have any cogency only if the problems involved are really engaged with."

Author : Damon T. Berry
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781350179448

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The New Apostolic Reformation, Trump, and Evangelical Politics by Damon T. Berry Pdf

Whilst many assume that conservative evangelical support for Trump is motivated by his position on social issues such as abortion and LGBTQ rights, or a nostalgia for an imagined American golden age, this book shows that the reality is much more complex by looking at a more recent and understudied trend of Evangelicalism in America. Damon T. Berry examines how leaders within the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), a charismatically inclined Evangelical movement, claim their support for Trump came from alleged prophetic visions that compelled them to defend Trump's candidacy, and to continue to defend his presidency, re-election against demonically inspired, Marxist, “Deep State” enemies. In this conspiratorial cosmology, spiritual warfare through prayer and political activism is the duty of the faithful so that they might protect Trump as God's anointed leader and war against malevolent, unpatriotic forces that oppose him, the nation, and God himself. Working from primary source materials produced by leading figures among the NAR, Berry argues that this conspiratorial discourse is central to NAR support for Trump's candidacy, presidency, and re-election effort, and that this discourse has come to shape some of the most important debates among American religious conservatives in the 21st century.

Author : Catherine Wessinger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199909902

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The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism by Catherine Wessinger Pdf

Christian Dispensationalism, the Taiping Revolution, cargo cults in Oceania, the Baha'i Faith, and the Raelian Movement would seem to have little in common. What they share, however, is a millennial orientation--the audacious human hope for a collective salvation, which may be heavenly or earthly or both. Although many religions feature a belief in personal salvation, millennial faiths are characterized by the expectation that salvation will be accomplished for an entire group by a superhuman agent, with or without human collaboration. The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism offers readers an in-depth look at both the theoretical underpinnings of the study of millennialism and its many manifestations across history and cultures. While the term "millennialism" is drawn from Christianity, it is a category that is used to study religious expressions in diverse cultures, religious traditions, and historical periods. Sometimes, millennial expectations are expressed in peaceful ways. Other times, millennialists become involved in violence. The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism begins with a section that examines four primary types of millennialism. Chapters in the next section examine key issues such as charismatic leadership, use of scripture, prophetic failure, gender roles, children, tension with society, and violence. The rest of the book explores millennialism in a wide variety of places and times, from ancient Near Eastern movements to contemporary apocalyptic and new age movements, including the roles played by millennialism in national and international conflicts. This handbook will be a valuable resource for scholars of religious studies, sociology, psychology, history, and new religious movements.

Author : James Palmer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107085442

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The Apocalypse in the Early Middle Ages by James Palmer Pdf

This book offers a fascinating exploration of the concept of the apocalypse in early medieval Europe. Calling upon a wealth of archival evidence ranging from the late antiquity to the first millennium, it surveys the role of religious ideas and apocalyptic thought in shaping medieval society in Western Europe.

Author : Clare Copeland,Johannes Machielsen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004233706

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Angels of Light? Sanctity and the Discernment of Spirits in the Early Modern Period by Clare Copeland,Johannes Machielsen Pdf

"And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light." (2 Corinthians 11:14) Paul's warning of false apostles and false righteousness struck a special chord in the period of the European Reformations. At no other time was the need for the discernment of spirits felt as strongly as in this newly confessional age. More than ever, the ability to discern was a mark of holiness and failure the product of demonic temptation. The contributions to this volume chart individual responses to a problem at the heart of religious identity. They show that the problem of discernment was not solely a Catholic concern and was an issue for authors and artists as much as for prophets and visionaries.

Author : Jon R. Stone
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781135210366

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Expecting Armageddon by Jon R. Stone Pdf

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.

Author : Tom J. Farer
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0415923301

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Transnational Crime in the Americas by Tom J. Farer Pdf

"First Published in 2000, Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company."