Prophetic Charisma: The Psychology of Revolutionary Religious Personalities Oakes Len
Prophetic Charisma: The Psychology of Revolutionary Religious Personalities Oakes Len New religious movements--or so-called cults--continue to attract and mystify us. Len Oakes--a former member of…
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Prophetic Charisma: The Psychology of Revolutionary Religious Personalities Oakes Len
New religious movements--or so-called cults--continue to attract and mystify us. Len Oakes--a former member of such a movement--explores the phenomenon of cult leaders. While mainstream America views cults as an insidious mix of apocalyptic beliefs, science fiction, and paranoia, with new vehicles such as the World Wide Web, they are becoming even more influential as the millennium approaches.
He examines the psychology of charisma and proposes his own theory of the five-stage life cycle of the two types of prophets: the messianic and the