The anthropology of religious charisma: ecstasies and institutions
<p >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 Bu...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY [u.a.]
Palgrave Macmillan
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Series/Journal: | Contemporary anthropology of religion
Contemporary Anthropology of Religion Ser. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Charisma
/ Religion
/ Theological anthropology
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Charisma B Religion and sociology B Theological anthropology B Religion B Electronic books |
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| Summary: | <p >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 |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 1137377623 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1057/9781137377630 |