Jiang says charismatic leaders with visions could attract followers, become celebrity-like religious figures, and eventually be worshiped after death, creating settlement around the temple.
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Charismatic Leaders
Jiang says charismatic leaders with visions could attract followers, become celebrity-like religious figures, and eventually be worshiped after death, creating settlement around the temple.
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Jiang restates the lecture's main theory: religious need, festivals, and brilliant charismatic leaders drew people into settlement; settled life then developed ancestor worship and depleted local resources, pushing agriculture.
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"...by shamans, and what makes them special is that they are charismatic leaders, okay? Charismatic leaders. Charismatic leaders are people like Mao Zedong, Barack..."
"And then, when they died, what happened was they still worshiped them in their death. And so, this place became a temple, okay? Does..."
"So, who these charismatic leaders are, are people who have visions or dreams of God or the spirit world, okay? And then, they present..."
"...they came together to have these religious festivals. There were some charismatic leaders who were so brilliant that people chose to settle down with..."
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