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- Doomsday_cult abstract "Doomsday cult is an expression used to describe groups who believe in Apocalypticism and Millenarianism, and can refer both to groups that prophesy catastrophe and destruction, and to those that attempt to bring it about. The expression was first used by sociologist John Lofland in his 1966 study of a group of members of the Unification Church of the United States in California, Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith. A classic study of a group with cataclysmic predictions had previously been performed by Leon Festinger and other researchers, and was published in his book When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group that Predicted the Destruction of the World.Referring to his study, Festinger and later other researchers have attempted to explain the commitment of members to their associated doomsday cult, even after the prophecies of their leader have turned out to be false. Festinger explained this phenomenon as part of a coping mechanism called dissonance reduction, a form of rationalization. Members often dedicate themselves with renewed vigor to the group's cause after a failed prophecy, and rationalize with explanations such as a belief that their actions forestalled the disaster, or a belief in the leader when the date for disaster is postponed. Some researchers believe that the use of the term by the government and the news media can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy, in which actions by authorities reinforces the apocalyptic beliefs of the group, which in turn can inspire further controversial actions. Group leaders have themselves objected to comparisons between one group and another, and parallels have been drawn between the concept of a self-fulfilling prophecy and the theory of a deviancy amplification spiral.".
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- Doomsday_cult subject Category:Apocalypticism.
- Doomsday_cult subject Category:Cults.
- Doomsday_cult subject Category:Eschatology.
- Doomsday_cult subject Category:Unification_Church_neologisms.
- Doomsday_cult type Abstraction100002137.
- Doomsday_cult type Cult108151490.
- Doomsday_cult type Cults.
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- Doomsday_cult type Institution108053576.
- Doomsday_cult type Organization108008335.
- Doomsday_cult type Religion108081668.
- Doomsday_cult type SocialGroup107950920.
- Doomsday_cult type YagoLegalActor.
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- Doomsday_cult comment "Doomsday cult is an expression used to describe groups who believe in Apocalypticism and Millenarianism, and can refer both to groups that prophesy catastrophe and destruction, and to those that attempt to bring it about. The expression was first used by sociologist John Lofland in his 1966 study of a group of members of the Unification Church of the United States in California, Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith.".
- Doomsday_cult label "Doomsday cult".
- Doomsday_cult label "Einde van de wereld".
- Doomsday_cult label "Fin de los Tiempos (hipótesis)".
- Doomsday_cult label "Fin du monde".
- Doomsday_cult label "Fine del mondo".
- Doomsday_cult label "Koniec świata".
- Doomsday_cult label "Weltuntergang".
- Doomsday_cult label "Конец света".
- Doomsday_cult label "نهاية العالم".
- Doomsday_cult label "ドゥームズデー・カルト".
- Doomsday_cult sameAs Weltuntergang.
- Doomsday_cult sameAs Fin_de_los_Tiempos_(hipótesis).
- Doomsday_cult sameAs Fin_du_monde.
- Doomsday_cult sameAs Fine_del_mondo.
- Doomsday_cult sameAs ドゥームズデー・カルト.
- Doomsday_cult sameAs Einde_van_de_wereld.
- Doomsday_cult sameAs Koniec_świata.
- Doomsday_cult sameAs m.03bx8r7.
- Doomsday_cult sameAs Q1036775.
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- Doomsday_cult sameAs Doomsday_cult.
- Doomsday_cult wasDerivedFrom Doomsday_cult?oldid=602408556.
- Doomsday_cult isPrimaryTopicOf Doomsday_cult.