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The Anthropology of Religious Charisma. Ecstasies and Institutions.
Charles . Ed(S): Lindholm
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Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Lindholm, Charles. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349478002
SKU
V9781349478002
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About Charles . Ed(S): Lindholm
Sara M. Bergstresser, Boston University, USA Yoram Bilu, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Ruy Llera Blanes, University of Bergen, Norway Gisele Fonseca Chagas, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil C. Julia Huang-Lemmon, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Eric Michael Kelley , Boston University, University of Massachusetts Boston, and Wheaton College, USA Paulo G. Pinto, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil Brendon Jamal Thornton, University ... Read more
Reviews for The Anthropology of Religious Charisma. Ecstasies and Institutions.
"This edited volume makes a significant contribution to scholarship in the fields of anthropology, anthropology of religion, and sociology of religion, among other areas. Charisma is intriguing as a thematic focus because by its very nature it inspires and goes beyond rationality." Rebecca Sachs Norris, Professor of Religious and Theological Studies, Merrimack College, USA "We owe Charles ... Read more