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The Anthropology of Religious Charisma

Ecstasies and Institutions
By:Author
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137377623
eText ISBN:9781137377630
Edition:0
Copyright:2013
Format:Reflowable

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According to Max Weber, charisma is opposed to bureaucratic order. This collection reveals the limits of that formula. The contributors show how charisma is a part of cultural frameworks while retaining its ecstatic character among American and Italian Catholics, Syrian Sufis, Taiwanese Buddhists, Hassidic Jews, and Amazonian shamans, among others.