Authority

Lincoln, B. (1994). Authority: Construction and Corrosion. University of Chicago Press.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1994

Link

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo3643337.html

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sociology_anthropology

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Primes

• Authority
  • Religion. Scriptural authority (the binding force of sacred text), hierarchical authority (papal infallibility, ordination conferring decision rights), and doctrinal pronouncement (magisterium defining orthodox belief) all rest on community recognition that specific agents or texts hold the right to declare binding truth, an effect Lincoln (1994) analyzes as the staged conjunction of right speaker, right speech, and audience prepared to respond with trust.

    This sourceCross-cultural analysis treating authority not as a thing but as an effect produced by the conjunction of the right speaker, the right speech, the right staging and setting, and an audience conditioned to respond with trust and recognition; foundational for understanding scriptural, hierarchical, and doctrinal authority in religious institutions.

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