Religious Discourse of Daily Life of al-Azhar Scholars in Light of Max Weber's the Charismatic Prophecy

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The study tries to monitor daily lifereligious discourse of Al-Azharscholars in light of the characteristics of Max Weber's charismatic prophecy, herein identified as possessing the religious knowledge capital, custodianship,attempt to continue, sustainability, vocational differentiation andnostalgia.The study has used the discourse analysis approach using the tools of observation and the position recording sheet. The sample has been selected through the purposive available sample of some of Al-Azhar scholars' discourses. About 52 positions were recorded, including 32 positions at a mosque and the others 20 positions at another, as well as about 30 others from Azhari Space Channel, about areligiousposition discourse of daily life of Al-Azhar scholars or almost 47 sheikhs from Al-Azhar. In addition, some of the discourses,  of those who are at the head of the religious authority were analyzed, 8 positions. The study results do approve its different hypothesis in terms of the coincidence between the characteristics of thereligious daily life discourse of Al-Azharscholars with those of the charismatic prophecyof Max Weber.