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A History of CharismaThe History of a Word

A History of Charisma: The History of a Word [This book is a history of the word ‘charisma’, and the meanings associated with that word, over a duration spanning the first century AD to the twenty-first. In a severely brief outline, this history is as follows: the term ‘charisma’ emerged in the early Christian church of the first century; charisma was eclipsed as a religious concept within the church by the end of the third century; it lay submerged for many centuries, with intermittent appearances; charisma was reinvented in Max Weber’s sociology in the early twentieth century; the word is widely used in contemporary Western culture, in media, academic scholarship and popular discourse. My analysis of the history of this term — its invention, eclipse, reappearance and transformation — explores its shifting cultural role over two millennia.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of CharismaThe History of a Word

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Palgrave Macmillan UK
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009
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978-1-349-36242-4
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1 –11
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10.1057/9780230244832_1
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[This book is a history of the word ‘charisma’, and the meanings associated with that word, over a duration spanning the first century AD to the twenty-first. In a severely brief outline, this history is as follows: the term ‘charisma’ emerged in the early Christian church of the first century; charisma was eclipsed as a religious concept within the church by the end of the third century; it lay submerged for many centuries, with intermittent appearances; charisma was reinvented in Max Weber’s sociology in the early twentieth century; the word is widely used in contemporary Western culture, in media, academic scholarship and popular discourse. My analysis of the history of this term — its invention, eclipse, reappearance and transformation — explores its shifting cultural role over two millennia.]

Published: Sep 28, 2015

Keywords: Charismatic Leader; Contemporary Culture; Grand Narrative; Popular Discourse; Religious Idea

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