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Language, Charisma, and Creativity The Ritual Life of a Religious Movement.

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Csordas, Thomas J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2020]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE: Meaning and Movement
  • 1. Building the Kingdom
  • 2. Religion in the Postmodern Condition
  • PART TWO: Habitus and Practice
  • 3. A Communitarian Ideal
  • 4. Ritualization and Radicalization
  • Interlude
  • 5. Toward a Rhetorical Theory of Charisma
  • PART THREE: Metaphor and Performance
  • 6. Ritual Language
  • 7. Prophetic Utterance and Sacred Reality
  • Epilogue
  • 8. Creativity, Constraint, and the Sacred
  • Appendix: Performance and Practice as Domains of Social Action
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index