Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Feet of clay: saints, sinners, and madmen: a study of gurus

Author: Storr, Anthony
Title: Feet of clay: saints, sinners, and madmen: a study of gurus
Published: New York: Free Press, 1996
Description: xvii, 253 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: p. 235-248
Subject(s):
  • Gurus -- Biography
  • Spiritual biography
  • Cults -- Biography
  • Gurus -- Psychology
  • Authoritarianism -- Religious aspects
  • Control (Psychology) -- Religious aspects
  • Charisma (Personality trait)
Review(s):
  • "Feet of Clay." The Economist (US) 340.n7975 (July 20, 1996): S12
  • "Feet of Clay: The Power and Charisma of Gurus." Publishers Weekly 243.n27 (July 1, 1996): 51

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