The Prayer Economy
The Prayer Economy
This chapter discusses the development of the prayer economy, whereby gifts are exchanged for blessings, prayers, and intercession with God. It argue that certain processes of commodification have been central to the personalization of religious authority in the figures of certain Muslim religious leaders with reputations as saints who have become more privatized religious figures akin to free-floating sanctifiers in a religious economy that is more like a market.
Keywords: Islam, Saints, Muslim, Commodification, Magic, Gifts, Commodities, Exchange, Max, Weber, Secrecy, Political Economy
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