Economic Analysis and Organised Religion

Schlicht, Ekkehart (1995): Economic Analysis and Organised Religion. In: Reynolds, Vernon und Jones, Eric (Hrsg.): (1995): Survival and Religion: Biological Evolution and Cultural Change. Chichester: John Wiley. S. 111-162

Abstract

This chapter analyses some phenomena in organized religion from the point of view of economics. It is argued that religious activity derives from the individual's quest for sense and justification that molds institutional and other features of religious activity, as brought about by competitive forces. The underlying concern regards the interrelation of economic and cultural processes.

• Dokumententyp: Buchbeitrag
• Titel des Journals: Vernon Reynolds and Eric Jones (eds.), Survival and Religion: Biological Evolution and Cultural Change, Chichester: John Wiley
• Keywords: economics of religion, division of labor, institutional economics, culture and economics
• Fakultät: Volkswirtschaft > Lehrstühle > Seminar für Theorie und Politik der Einkommensverteilung (aufgelöst) ; Volkswirtschaft
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 300 Sozialwissenschaft, Soziologie ; 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft
• JEL Classification: Z12, L30, L89, D02
• Ort: Chichester
• Sprache: Englisch