External bodily acts like prayer are understood to produce inward moral dispositions

Evidence

One in particular that I want to explore in some depth is the Aristotelian model of ethical pedagogy undergirding both conceptions, in which external performative acts (like prayer) are understood to create corresponding inward dispositions. — Saba Mahmood, Politics of Piety, 944

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the core Aristotelian model of ethical pedagogy the whole book leans on.
• XREF: connects to: Ritualized rehydration of specimens becomes a contemplative act of homage — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural…, 196