Abstract
This volume presents a number of different perspectives on the theme of female leadership in a number of diverse New Religious Movements (NRMs), in contexts that are both local and global. The aim of this collection is to contribute to the scholarship on women and religion by bringing together perspectives on leadership , leadership structures, and charismatic power with a gendered view of religion. These contributions present fresh perspectives on modern and late modern religious/spiritual movements and on the charismatic, prophetic women who lead them.
It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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Bårdsen Tøllefsen, I., Giudice, C. (2017). Introduction: Female Leaders in New Religious Movements. In: Bårdsen Tøllefsen, I., Giudice, C. (eds) Female Leaders in New Religious Movements. Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61527-1_1
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