2. It is important to ask once again by way of conclusion: what makes an ordination
egitimate? The cascs examined in this paper indicate that there are two kinds of religious establishment
whose ordinations are accepted as 'legitimate': one is a centralized religious authority validated by the
governing political power, and the other is a well established religious organisation in whose tradition
people place their confidence. This article does not conclude tbat a challenge to the establishment in the
form of a new tradition is impossible, but it suggests that an individually organised ordination, which
follows a 'right' ceremonial procedure, cannot easily win public confidence.
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