Gebet als Kapital? : Fragen zum Spannungsfeld zwischen Religion und Wirtschaft

This article focuses on the question as to what extent prayer can be defined as a form of capital. To this end, a look is first taken at Pierre Bourdieu’s classical theory of capital, in order to subsequently clarify whether prayer can be associated with one of Bourdieu’s forms of capital ( economic, cultural and symbolic capital ) or whether it seems more appropriate to expand Bourdieu’s theory by adding a sub-form. The paper then asks about the risks involved in the Middle Ages when attempts were made to convert the immaterial resource of prayer into other forms of capital, by looking at the ‘Vita Columbani’ from the early Middle Ages. Finally, the article focuses on the prayer brotherhoods as a typical medieval response to secure the exchange of gifts between the prayers and the powerful in medieval society.

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Deutsch

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• Bibliographic citation: Gebet als Kapital? ; volume:58 ; number:1 ; year:2024 ; pages:251-274 ; extent:24 ; Frühmittelalterliche Studien ; 58, Heft 1 (2024), 251-274 (gesamt 24)

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• Creator: Weitzel, Tim

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/fmst-2024-0008
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2409251538111.152933369319
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.