They were millenarians, expecting the imminent Second Coming of Christ.
Set in Louisville in 1961, the story opens with a congregation expecting the imminent end of the world and the coming rapture.
When Prophecy Fails (1956) by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken and Stanley Schacter is a study of an American UFO cult that expected the imminent end of the world.
It's tempting to dismiss this as empty rhetoric, but it refers to prophecies that the final showdown between Islam and its enemies will begin in Dabiq; members of Isis are expecting the imminent arrival of the Mahdi, a messianic figure who will lead a Muslim army to victory before the end of the world.
And as the bratty Mark Deloach Jonathan Tuckerr), a spoiled Connecticut teenager, endures his humiliating initiation in North Carolina and corresponds with his troubled sweetheart up north, you expect the imminent arrival of drum rolls, flag-waving and a cherry-on-the-sundae smooch with a newly healthy American beauty.
While we should not expect the imminent return of the sit-down strike, pockets of worker resistance and experimentation are even now helping identify potential pillars of of a twenty-first century Wagner Act.
Lafayette, in the meantime, was expecting the imminent arrival of long-delayed reinforcements.
Beginning in the fall of last year, expecting the imminent destruction of the venerable Renaissance Ballroom and Casino, I started to process some intense emotions that I expressed in protest.
They're all expecting the imminent appearance of such 'terrorists' as Aliyev at home," Ali Charinksy of the For the Rights of Muslims rights organization, told VICE News.
Inspector Lauridson said they are preparing for what he expects to be the imminent and final showdown with the dealers.
