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9 kwi 2019 · We explore the different ways in which women in the religious sphere have been considered charismatic, thereby addressing Max Weber’s definition of ‘charisma’ as well as its subsequent reinventions in the social sciences and the humanities.
The charismatic movement represents largely a redirection of western Christianity in terms of style, emphases, and organizational forms. In some parts of the world, however, the movement flourishes in a context of general church growth.
We explore the different ways in which women in the religious sphere have been considered charismatic, thereby addressing Max Weber’s de nition of ‘charisma’ as well as its subsequent fi reinventions in the social sciences and the humanities.
Sociologists, religious scholars, and activists note that religion can be a source of social stability. It can be a set of beliefs that dull people to the reality of their oppression. It can continue traditions of gender and racial inequality.
4 lut 2009 · This notion of inspiring others is central to the reflections of Max Weber on charisma, influential insofar as he was aware of the significance of the ability of founders of religious orders to inspire discipleship and promote social action in support of the common good.
29 lip 2016 · “One answer is that religion can act as a kind of social technology that helped humans scale up and build large, complex societies. “If you look at the religion of very small-scale societies, like hunter-gatherers, there’s no intertwining between religion and ethics or morality,” he said.
This chapter describes an evolutionary model of religion called “charismatic signaling.” The theory focuses on features of religion that express automated within-group cooperation—that is, cooperation that does not rely on strategic reasoning or explicit social prediction.
