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A Sociological Consideration of Prayer and Agency
- TDR: The Drama Review
- The MIT Press
- Volume 60, Number 4, Winter 2016 (T232)
- pp. 118-129
- Article
- Additional Information
Prayer may be seen as one of the most individual forms of action. Yet, like suicide, another supposedly individualistic action performed by a solitary individual, prayer is a dynamic, reflexive, intersubjective social action, and the sociality of prayer may transform the agency of the actor who is committed to this action over time.