download: https://bahai-library.com/ris/1823.ris [plain-text file, encoded in UTF-8]
TY - JOUR ID - 1823 UR - https://bahai-library.com/balch_when_bombs_drop WT - Baha'i Library Online T1 - When the Bombs Drop: Reactions to Disconfirmed Prophecy in a Millennial Sect T2 - JF - Sociological Perspectives JA - A1 - Balch,Robert W. A1 - Farnsworth,Gwen A1 - Wilkins,Sue A2 - A3 - Y1 - 1983/04 Y2 - VL - 26 IS - 2 SP - 137 EP - 158 M2 - PB - University of California Press CY - M1 - M3 - Articles SN - LA - English L3 - DO - U1 - U2 - U3 - AB - An academic article about the prophetic expectations of a covenant-breaker group, Baha’is Under the Provisions of the Covenant, who claimed the world would end on April 29, 1980. N1 - See also a follow-up article, Fifteen Years of Failed Prophecy: Coping with cognitive dissonance in a Baha’i sect. The "Bahá'í sect" discussed in this article is not affiliated with the Bahá'í Faith, follows a different set of writings, and has been sued by the legal trademark holders for illegitimate use of Bahá'í terms; see WIPO Domain Name Dispute: Case D2005-0214, "uhj.net". On whether the real Bahá'í Faith has "sects," see The Covenant, Bahá'u'lláh's "Supreme Gift", Protects The Bahá'í Faith From Schism (offsite). C1 - KW - 1980 KW - Apocalypse KW - Covenant-breaking KW - Millennialism KW - Prophecies ER - |