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The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Religion (Hardcover, New)
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The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Religion (Hardcover, New)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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This is a one-of-kind volume bringing together leading scholars in
the economics of religion for the first time. The treatment of
topics is interdisciplinary, comparative, as well as global in
nature. Scholars apply the economics of religion approach to
contemporary issues such as immigrants in the United States and ask
historical questions such as why did Judaism as a religion promote
investment in education?
The economics of religion applies economic concepts (for example,
supply and demand) and models of the market to the study of
religion. Advocates of the economics of religion approach look at
ways in which the religion market influences individual choices as
well as institutional development. For example, economists would
argue that when a large denomination declines, the religion is not
supplying the right kind of religious good that appeals to the
faithful. Like firms, religions compete and supply goods. The
economics of religion approach using rational choice theory,
assumes that all human beings, regardless of their cultural
context, their socio-economic situation, act rationally to further
his/her ends.
The wide-ranging topics show the depth and breadth of the approach
to the study of religion.
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