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Can I read When Prophets Die: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements (SUNY Series in Religious Studies) (Religious Studies Series) on EtoBox?
When Prophets Die: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements (SUNY Series in Religious Studies) (Religious Studies Series) by Timothy Miller is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is When Prophets Die: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements (SUNY Series in Religious Studies) (Religious Studies Series) about?
When the charismatic founder/leader of a religious movement dies, the popular belief is that the movement usually disintegrates. However, many new religions not only survive but prosper, despite leadership transition. In this book, prominent scholars examine what happened to eleven new movements following the deaths of their leaders, and why. An Introduction by J. Gordon Melton serves to integrate the case studies.
Who reads When Prophets Die: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements (SUNY Series in Religious Studies) (Religious Studies Series)?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Timothy Miller
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780791407172
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Religion, Islam
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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