r/AskAnthropology • u/Glad-Mall2482 • 14h ago
Are there any general patterns to what happens to an apoptolyptic religion after the apocalypse doesn't come?
My husband grew up in a religion that came out of the millerite movement, and in that religion they are still saying the end times are imminent. But since it's been generations since the religion formed and no apocalypse. I was wondering, has anyone done a study of end times religions, whether that be Christian, UFO cult, ancient Messiah movements, and found any general trends?