| Summary: | This book combines an interdisciplinary examination of myth with the newest developments in the application of charisma theory to history and social life. "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 Angl.
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