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TAGS: 1980; Apocalypse; Covenant-breaking; Millennialism; Prophecies
Abstract:
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.
Notes:
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).


When the Bombs Drop:

Reactions to Disconfirmed Prophecy in a Millennial Sect

Robert W. Balch
Gwen Farnsworth
Sue Wilkins

published in Sociological Perspectives

26:2, pp. 137-158

University of California Press, 1983-04

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