Oakes, Len: "The Prophet's Fall: A Note in Response to Lawrence Foster's 'The Psychology of Prophetic Charisma'" - abstract

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Cultic Studies Review, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2007

The Prophet's Fall: A Note in Response to Lawrence Foster's "The Psychology of Prophetic Charisma"

Len Oakes, Ph.D.

Abstract

This comment on Lawrence Foster’s “The Psychology of Prophetic Charisma: New Approaches to Understanding Joseph Smith and the Development of Charismatic Leadership” shares a few thoughts on how my understanding of the charismatic prophet’s regress and demise has changed since my book Prophetic Charisma went to press.

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