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Temple economy is a category for books that examine temples and other religious institutions as economic actors and hubs. Works in this genre explore how temples managed land and water, collected tithes, tribute, and donations, stored and redistributed surplus, kept accounts, extended credit, organized labor and craft production, and participated in trade and pilgrimage networks through patronage and endowments. The scope spans archaeological and textual studies of the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, India, China, and Mesoamerica, as well as medieval and early modern monastic and church economies and comparative “sacred economy” analyses. It includes both case studies and theoretical debates about redistributive systems, markets, and the intertwining of religion, state power, and urban development, serving readers in economic history, anthropology, religious studies, archaeology, and area studies.

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