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The expectation of an end to time and the yearning for a millennial paradise have been recurring themes in Western religious thought. But when we speak of ""expectation"" of the world's end we are mindful of the fact that generation after generation of millenarians have been disappointed. Their endtime hopes and prophecies have not come true. What happens, one might ask, when prophecies fail? Does failure spell the end of the very movements that embrace such expectations? The aim of this anthology is to gather together in one volume the essential research from the fields of sociology and ps.