Lubavitcher messianism :what really happens when prophecy fails?
Author Statement
Simon Dein
Publication
Continuum
Collation
xiii, 178 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Contents
When a prophecy fails: from cognition to performance -- Ethnography in Stamford Hill and in Crown Heights -- Lubavitch and its messianism -- The death of the Rebbe -- Messianism in Stamford Hill -- Ritualizing the Rebbe in Crown Heights -- The convertʹs zeal -- Making the Rebbe present through the media -- The Lubavitcher Rebbe and the early church -- Conclusion: what really happens when a prophecy fails?
Subject
Schneerson, Menachem Mendel,1902-1994,Habad - 21st century,Messiah,Prophecy,Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600,Stamford Hill (London, England),Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
