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The Myth of the Omnipotent Leader: The Social Construction of a Misleading Account of Leadership in New Religious Movements

James T. Richardson
Journal: Nova Religio
Nova Religio (2021) 24 (4): 11–25.
https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2021.24.4.11
Published: 01 May 2021
... of the passive and brainwashed follower,” which assumes that those who participate have their agency overcome by the leader’s charisma and are under some sort of spell cast by the leader. Both myths mislead and belie societal conditions that lead to the formation of new religions as well as the inherent agency...
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Did L. Ron Hubbard Believe in Brainwashing?: The Strange Story of the “Brain-Washing Manual” of 1955

Massimo Introvigne
Journal: Nova Religio
Nova Religio (2017) 20 (4): 62–79.
https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2017.20.4.62
Published: 01 May 2017
...Massimo Introvigne In 1955 the Hubbard Association of Scientologists International claimed it had obtained a secret Soviet brainwashing manual, and then published it. Based on that text, and other information he claimed to have received on Communist mind-control techniques, Scientology founder L...
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