Title: When prophecy fails /
Authors: Festinger, Leon, 1919-; Riecken, Henry W.; Schachter, Stanley.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press,
Year: 1956
Subjects: Prophecies (Occultism)
Contents: Unfulfiller prophecies and disappointed messiahs -- Teachings and prophecies from outer space -- Spreading the word on earth -- The long wait for orders -- Four days of very imminent salvation -- An unfulfilled prophecy and an elated prophet -- Reactions to disconfirmation -- Alone and dry -- Epilogue -- Methodological appendix -- Notes to chapter one -- Index