03347nam 22007331 450 991096977380332120120726153758.0978661259069697814725488701472548876978128259069412825906939781441153135144115313610.5040/9781472548870(CKB)2520000000008162(EBL)495349(OCoLC)593353317(SSID)ssj0000335683(PQKBManifestationID)11273253(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335683(PQKBWorkID)10276967(PQKB)10618053(MiAaPQ)EBC495349(Au-PeEL)EBL495349(CaPaEBR)ebr10372204(CaONFJC)MIL259069(OCoLC)893334859(UtOrBLW)bpp09255416(UtOrBLW)BP9781472548870BC(EXLCZ)99252000000000816220140929d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCharisma and myth /Raphael Falco1st ed.London ;New York :Continuum International Pub.,2010.1 online resource (222 p.)Continuum religious studiesDescription based upon print version of record.9781441112552 1441112553 9780826433657 0826433650 Includes bibliographical references (pages [200]-206) and index.Introduction -- 1. From Barbaros to Mythos -- 2. Myth and Routinization -- 3. Authority and Archetypes -- 4. Charisma and Ritual -- Afterward: There Are Charismas Everywhere -- Bibliography -- Index."Charisma and Myth combines an interdisciplinary examination of myth with the newest developments in the application of charisma theory to history and social life. Through scores of examples ranging from Inuit myth to Christian theology, from Malinowski to martyrology, Charisma and Myth argues definitively that the survival of myth systems mirrors the survival of such charismatic groups as modern street gangs, the Anglo-Saxon comitatus, or Satan's fallen angels in Paradise Lost. Even the smallest charismatic group generates its own set of myths, and, like larger myth systems, depends on continual revolutionary change - not, as might be expected, on the stability of its myths - to survive and to achieve longevity. As this innovative study shows, group leaders must learn first to foster and then to manage the mild chaos and changing symbols of their myths. Charisma and Myth challenges myth theorists from the nineteenth through to the twenty-first century and adds a missing component to our understanding of how and why myths continue to grip our imaginations."--Bloomsbury Publishing.Continuum religious studies.Charisma (Personality trait)MythReligion: generalCharisma (Personality trait)Myth.306.601Falco Raphael1952-870971UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910969773803321Charisma and myth4341288UNINA