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SUMMARY:IAHR congress ||| Paper
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DESCRIPTION:The Economic Study of Ritual-Oriented Religions: The Neglect o
 f Priesthood\nKianoosh Rezania (KHK fellow)\nThe focus on belief-oriented 
 religions\, specifically Christianity\, in the current economic study of r
 eligion\, together with the abundance of sources from North-America in thi
 s field\, leads scholars to pay less attention to ritual-oriented religion
 s in non-Western cultures. This paper will discuss the above methodologica
 l limitations in current economic theories of religion\, by illustrating i
 t with a case-study on Zorostrian rituals. The paper will point out the im
 portance of Zoroastrian priesthood for modelling economic theories of reli
 gion\, taking into account that Zoroastrian priests were considered to be 
 the real supplier of religious content in rituals. This paper will show th
 at\, for the economic modeling of these religions\, it is necessary to dis
 tinguish three types of households: lay-households\, priest-households and
  ritual institutions (e. g. temples). Finally\, the paper will consider th
 e economic connections between these three types of households.\nThis pape
 r will be presented in panel Method and Theory in Religious Studies: Compl
 exities and Blind Spots (24-302 | 113).
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/en/events/iahrpaper2408_21/
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