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

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

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.