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Religions 2012, 3, 763–789; doi:10.3390/rel3030763 OPEN ACCESS religions ISSN 2077-1444 /journal/religions Article Charisma, Medieval and Modern Gary Dickson School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK; E-Mail: garydickson1212@blueyonder.co.uk; Tel.: +44-031-669-5176 Received: 26 July 2012; in revised form: 8 August 2012 / Accepted: 10 August 2012 / Published: 23 August 2012 Abstract: Popularized by the mass media, Max Weber‘s sociological concept of charisma now has a demotic mea