Quantifying and qualifying charisma

The framework is then applied to an illustrative case study of the relationship between charismatic authority and the radicalization process within the far-right terrorist group “the Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord.” The article concludes with a discussion of findings and suggestions for future research. [...] The indicators are crafted from three overlapping but analytically distinct social processes involved in the attribution and maintenance of the charismatic bond: (1) the conditions giving rise to charismatic authority, (2) the social construction and management of charismatic authori- ty, and (3) the conditions and motivations which lead to the bureaucratization (or routinization) of charisma into [...] The social construction and management of the charismatic bond (3) Are attributions of power to the leader based on the •. Statements by the members; statements by the followers’ perception of the leader’s supernatural or leader; media accounts. [...] The creation of the charismatic bond and the attribution of charismatic authority to a leader is akin to the “slippery slope” of terrorist radicalization which involves a gradual process of in- creasing devotion to the leader (or group) that is facilitated by a mixture of existing social ties and small-group socialization processes.48 The socialization component involved in the attribu- TSAS: Hofm [...] Case Study: The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord The following section is an illustrative case study that applies the theoretical framework present- ed above to the issue of terrorist radicalization.