How Prophecy Succeeds: Jehovah's Witnesses and Prophetic Expectations
Leon Festinger’s notion of prophecy as prediction that is liable to failure has been widely accepted in religious studies. The author argues that this understanding of prophecy is not shared by biblical scholars or by the Watch Tower Society. The article explores in detail the various calculations t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2010
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International journal for the study of new religions
Year: 2010, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-48 |
| Further subjects: | B
Watch Tower
B Jehovah's Witnesses B Eschatology B Prophecy |
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