Sökning: "Failed prophecy"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden Failed prophecy.

  1. 1. World Management : The case of the Lord of Hosts Church

    Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Författare :Jonathan Madeland; [2021]
    Nyckelord :prophecy; Festinger; millenialism; netnography; case study; cognition; rituals; cybernetics; consonance management; world construction; world management; the Lord of Hosts Church; Hank Kunneman; Donald Trump;

    Sammanfattning : Bringing together current research strands stemming from the Festinger tradition of failed prophecy, and by observing a recent case of a prophetic group dealing with disconfirming events under a period of 210 days, I theorize on what roles cognitive dissonance, rituals and continuous prophetic adaptation play in the management of prophetic groups’ alternative world views. The traditional conception of dissonance management is reinterpreted as a process of maximizing mental desirability, which is contingent on the level of cognitive dissonance as well as cognitive activity. LÄS MER

  3. 2. När profetian har slagit fel. Jacob Taubes och interioriseringen av messianismen

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Författare :Mårten Björk; [2010-06-28]
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