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The 23 pages that link to Charismatic authority, each with the reason it gives.

• Max WeberBroader topic: Weber’s category remains influential in analyses of leadership and political allegiance.

• PopulismRelated: A leader may claim a personal bond with the people that bypasses intermediary institutions.

• Cult of personalityCompared with: It can arise through personal followership without a state-run system of glorification.

• ProphecyRelated: A recognized prophet may gain authority outside established religious offices.

• Religious authorityRelated: A leader may gain religious authority through perceived spiritual gifts rather than formal office.

• New religious movementRelated: Many movements gain cohesion through devotion to a founder or spiritual leader.

• AuthorityBroader topic: It locates recognition in personal allegiance rather than established office or custom.

• Sacred kingshipCompared with: It locates legitimacy in perceived personal gifts rather than inherited sacred office.

• CaudilloRelated: It helps explain personal loyalty, though caudillo influence also rested on force and material exchange.

• MillenarianismRelated: Claims to prophetic or messianic status can authorize leaders within millenarian movements.

• CultRelated: Leader-centered loyalty can shape a group’s structure without proving that it is harmful.

• MessianismRelated: A claimant's perceived charisma can turn messianic expectations into personal allegiance.

• Right-wing populismRelated: A leader may claim a direct mandate from the people over parties and institutions.

• Collective leadershipCompared with: It locates legitimacy in an individual's perceived qualities rather than a leadership group.

• GuruRelated: Personal charisma can help explain devotion to a guru, without accounting for every tradition.

• VerstehenBroader topic: Its force depends on the meanings followers attribute to a leader.

• ProphetRelated: Prophetic authority often depends on followers recognizing a divinely inspired calling.

• UFO religionRelated: A leader's claimed contact can establish authority beyond conventional religious institutions.

• Religious ecstasyRelated: Ecstatic experiences may be treated as signs of a leader's extraordinary spiritual status.

• CyropaediaRelated: Cyrus’s personal appeal helps explain why people accept his command.

• Ian KershawNarrower topic: Kershaw uses this framework to examine Hitler’s standing among Germans.

• Left-wing populismRelated: Some left-populist movements concentrate their claim to embody the people in a leader.

• Marshall ApplewhiteRelated: Applewhite’s claimed spiritual knowledge helped secure followers’ trust and obedience.