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The Economy of the Host in the Monastic World: A Non-Economic Economy

In: The Economics of Religion: Anthropological Approaches

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Although the host, the future body of Christ in the Catholic Eucharist, seems to lie completely outside of the economic system, it needs to be produced and sold. The majority of host producers are female monasteries for which the production process brings double tension: as an economic activity within a religious utopia (the monastery) and as the economization of something that is considered to be a religious good. This double tension provokes the question, how do the nuns legitimate this economic process in their monastery without desacralizing the symbolic good? Trying to answer this question, nuns typically deny the economic dimension of production and transaction, yet the sheer existence of this economy proves it is accepted. This chapter examines the relationship between economy and religion through an analysis of the ambivalence in the production and marketing process of altar bread.

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  • Isabelle Jonveaux, 2011. "The Economy of the Host in the Monastic World: A Non-Economic Economy," Research in Economic Anthropology, in: The Economics of Religion: Anthropological Approaches, pages 77-97, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:reanzz:s0190-1281(2011)0000031007
    DOI: 10.1108/S0190-1281(2011)0000031007
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