Economics of Religion

Koch, Anne (2012): Economics of Religion. Partly Annotated Bibliography. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Abstract

Systematic Cluster: 1. The Financing of Religion in Works that are Mainly Historical and less about Economics (today and historically). 2. The Relationship Between Religion and Rconomy with Regard to a Culture Theory. Examines, for instance, how religious beliefs and economic behaviour are a component of the mentality that influences a culture or how modernity and capitalism can be intertwined, exchange and obligation or identity. Mainly economics of anthropology but also history of economic culture. 3. Economic Theories as a Subject of the Study of Religion (literature on capitalism, consumer-ism, the market or communism as religion, religious economies, economic ethics). 4. Economic Theories as a Model of the Study of Religion. 4.1 Macro- or Microeconomics in general 4.2 Neo-classical Paradigm, Rational Choice/Sociological Market theory (e.g. G. Becker, R. Stark, W.S. Bainbridge, R. Finke, L. Iannaccone) 4.3 Empirical Economics (Game Theory / Behavioral Economics / Psychology of Eco-nomics) 4.4 Neo-Institutionalist Theory (from sociological, political science or economic per-spective) 4.5 Economic Sociology (new economic sociology e.g. Mark Granovetter, Richard Swedberg)

• Item Type: Bibliography
• Collections: Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science > Study of Religion > Perspectives from the Study of Religion
• Subjects: 200 Religion > 210 Philosophy and theory of religion; 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology; 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
• Language: English