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In this chapter I put forward the thesis that one of the conditions for the emergence of a fundamentalist sect is a shift in members’ compliance with authority from that legitimated on traditional grounds to that legitimated on charismatic grounds. Members of a fundamentalist sect are those who accept the charismatic authority of a leader who, in turn, draws upon religious teaching that has been legitimated on traditional grounds.
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Taylor, D. (1987). Incipient Fundamentalism: Religion and Politics among Sri Lankan Hindus in Britain. In: Caplan, L. (eds) Studies in Religious Fundamentalism. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08830-0_7
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