Download or read book The Anthropology of Religious Charisma written by C. Lindholm and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Max Weber, charisma is opposed to bureaucratic order. This collection reveals the limits of that formula. The contributors show how charisma is a part of cultural frameworks while retaining its ecstatic character among American and Italian Catholics, Syrian Sufis, Taiwanese Buddhists, Hassidic Jews, and Amazonian shamans, among others.