Prophecy and Dissonance: A Reassessment of Research Testing the Festinger Theory
In the fifty years since publication of Festinger's When Prophecy Fails (1956), scholars have reduced the reliability of this study to one statement, namely, that Festinger holds true if, and only if, failed prophecy results in believers actively proselytizing others. This essay takes a differe...
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University of Californiarnia Press
2009
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Nova religio
Year: 2009, Volume: 12, Issue: 4, Pages: 72-90 |
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