Quote by: Elaine Pagels

People who study the way religions develop have shown that if you have a charismatic teacher, and you don't have an institution develop around that teacher within about a generation to transmit succession within the group, the movement just dies.


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Author Bio


  • NameElaine Pagels
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornFebruary 13, 1943
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionHistorian; Theologian
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellows Program; National Book Award