Prophetic Failure and Chiliastic Identity
The Case of Jehovah's Witnesses
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 2207232 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Joseph F Zygmunt (autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 1970 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Fascículo | 6 |
| Páginas | 926-948 |
| Data de publicação | 1970-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Editora | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/224846 |
| OpenAlex | W1972140990 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 25 |
| Referências citadas | 8 |
Since its inception almost a century ago, the Jehovah's Witness movement has been prophesying the impending disintegration of the established social order and its replacement by a millennial kingdom under theocratic rule. This paper presents a longitudinal analysis of the impact of the group's millenarian orientation upon its development 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. In this perspectives, the sect is seen as an informative case of the process of "self-fulfilling prophecy," operating as a source of both identity confirmation and identity change
Aesthetics · Identity (music) · Identity crisis · Millenarianism · Order (exchange) · Political science · Sect · Sociology · Theocracy · Witness · Law · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies · Social Psychology
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| Obras citantes distintas | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citações por ano | 0,46 |
| Intervalo de citações | 1972 - 2026 (55) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 22 |