Publication
Title
Charismatic women in religion. Power, media and social change
Author
Abstract
'Charisma' can be a catch-all term that obfuscates more than it reveals. What it does reveal often says more about the historical and cultural context in which 'charisma' was deployed than about its subject. In this introduction we trace the concept's contextual shifts across its intersections with gender, religion and power. 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. Particular focus goes to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when the mediatization of 'charisma' created new opportunities and risks for women in religion.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Women's history review. - Wallingford
Publication
Abingdon : Routledge journals, taylor & francis ltd , 2019
ISSN
0961-2025 [print]
1747-583X [online]
DOI
10.1080/09612025.2019.1595200
Volume/pages
p. 1-17
ISI
000465920200001
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Project info
The political weight of carrying Christ's wounds. Stigmatics in Europe, c.1800-1950.
Publication type
Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 25.06.2019
Last edited 01.01.2025
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