Journal of the history of the behavioral sciencesHumansHistory20th CenturyCognitive Dissonance
Debunking "When Prophecy Fails".
Thomas Kelly
Published: 202610.1002/jhbs.70043
Abstract
In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased. But When Prophecy Fails (1956), the now-canonical…
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