Reference work
Chen Tao in Texas: A New Religious Movement, its Host Community, and Mass-Mediated Adaptation
Ryan J. Cook
Examines the failed March 1998 television and visible divine appearance predictions and subsequent changes in practice. Distinguishes abandoning a prediction from abandoning religious identity.
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Public English web version
Main paper and substantive endnotes; fieldwork 29 March–1 April 1998