Coping with Apocalypse in Canada: Experiences of Endtime in la Mission de l'Esprit Saint and the Institute of Applied Metaphysics

This investigation of millenarian activity in two Quebec NRMs addresses the question of why one group failed but the other thrived on the experience of “prophetic failure.” Within the framework of Festinger et als' “five conditions” (1956) and the theories of Gager (1975), and Hardyck and Brade...

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Authors: Palmer, Susan J. (Author) ; Finn, Natalie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1992
In: Sociological analysis
Year: 1992, Volume: 53, Issue: 4, Pages: 397-415
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