TY - BOOK AU - Potts, John, TI - A history of charisma SN - 9780230551534 (alk. paper);023055153X (alk. paper) U1 - 422 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;;New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Charisma (Personality trait);Pentecostalism;English language;English language;English language;Charisma KW - History.;History.;Etymology.;Word formation.;History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-258) and index N2 - This text traces the history of the word 'charisma', and the various meanings assigned to it, from its first century origins in Christian theology to its manifestations in 21st century politics and culture, while considering how much of the word's original religious meaning persists in the contemporary secular understanding ER -