of Gaza was a theologian and author who became famous as a prophet for the alleged messiah, Sabbatai Zevi. Claims in other religious traditions Aleister Crowley, founder of Thelema. Lou de Palingboer, founder and figurehead of a new religious movement in the Netherlands. Mani, founder of Manichaeism, a quasi-Gnostic movement of late antiquity. Marshall Vian Summers, founder of the New Message from God religious movement. Tenrikyo's prophet, Nakayama Miki, is believed by Tenrikyoans to have been a messenger of God. Zoroaster, founder of Zoroastrianism. Secular usage The designation of "Victorian prophet" has been used in reference to cultural critics of the era, such as Thomas Carlyle and John Ruskin. In the late 20th century the appellation of prophet has been used to refer to individuals particularly successful at analysis in the field of economics, such as in the derogatory prophet of greed. Alternatively, social commentators who suggest escalating crisis are often called prophets of doom. See also Oracle Major prophet Mediumship Prophethood (Ahmadiyya) Table of prophets of Abrahamic religions References Further reading Ashe, Geoffrey. 2001. Encyclopedia of Prophecy, Santa Barbara, ABC-Clio. Jürgen Beyer. 2002. 'Prophezeiungen', Enzyklopädie des Märchens: Handwörterbuch zur historischen und vergleichenden Erzählforschung [N.B.: In English renders as "Encyclopedia of the fairy tale: Handy dictionary for historical and comparative tale research"]. Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter. In vol. 10, on col. 1419–1432. Stacey Campbell. 2008. Ecstatic Prophecy. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Chosen Books/Baker Publishing Group. . Marcus Tullius Cicero. 1997. De divinatione. Trans. Arthur Stanley Pease. Darmstadt: Wissenschaflliche Buchgesellschaft. Elst, Koenraad (1993). Psychology of prophetism: A secular look at the Bible. New Delhi: Voice of India. Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter. (1956). When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group that Predicted the Destruction of the World. University of Minnesota Press. Christopher Forbes. 1997. Prophecy and Inspired Speech: in Early Christianity and Its Hellenistic Environment. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson. . Clifford S. Hill. 1991. Prophecy, Past and Present: an Exploration of the Prophetic Ministry in the Bible and the Church today. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Vine. . June Helm. (1994). Prophecy and Power among the Dogrib Indians. University of Nebraska Press. Clifford A. Pickover. (2001). Dreaming the Future: The Fantastic Story of Prediction. Prometheus Books. James Randi. (1993). The Mask of Nostradamus: Prophecies of the World's Famous Seer. Prometheus Books. H. H. Rowley. 1956. Prophecy and Religion in Ancient China and Israel. New York: