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(c) ENER

 2nd ENER Workshop 

Edinburgh, UK, October 03-04, 2008

(Download the Programme)

Friday, October 03rd

8:50 Welcome and Opening of the Workshop

09:00-10:45 Session I: Economic Theory 1

  • Ormerod, Paul
    Volterra Consulting, UK
    “Rationality and Religious Choice”
  • Pyne, Derek
    University of Waterloo, Canada
    “An Economic Model of Religion and Death”
  • M. Shahid Ebrahim
    Nottingham University Business School, UK
    “Can an Islamic Model of Housing Finance Cooperative Elevate the Economic Status of the Underprivileged” (pdf)

10:45-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:45 Session II: Economic History

  • Becker, Sascha O.
    University of Stirling, UK
    Protestantism and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the Pre-Industrial and from the Industrial Era” (pdf)
  • Roach, Andrew
    University of Glasgow, UK
    ”The Bogomil Heretics and Monasticism as a Creative Market”
  • Jacoud, Gilles
    University Jean-Monnet Saint-Etienne, France
    ”Saint-Simonian Religion and Political Economy”

12:45-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:10 Session III: Community Work

  • Evans, John Martin
    Gweini: Council of the Christian Voluntary Sector in Wales, UK
    ”Measuring the Contribution of Faith Communities to Civil Society: An Example from Wales, United Kingdom”  (pdf)
  • Gorlorwulu, John
    George Fox University, US
    ”Faith-Based Economic Assistance Provision: Has the Practice Emerged in Developing Countries”

15:10-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30-16:30 Keynote Lecture

  • Daniel Hungerman
    University of Notre Dame, US
    Rethinking Religious Competition 

20:00 Conference Dinner at APEX Hotel

Saturday, October 04th

09:00-10:45 Session IV: Economic Theory 2

  • Facchini, Francois
    University of Reims, OMI and CES (LAEP-MATISSE), France
    “Political Freedom in the Muslim Area: Four Explanations”
  • Fudulu, Paul
    University of Bucharest, Romania
    ”The Economic Performance of Great Religions”
  • Klaubert, Anja
    University of Lüneburg, Germany
    ”In Search of an Integrated Approach to Explain the Role of Religion with Respect to Economic Growth”

10:45-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:10 Session V: Empirical Economics  

  • Maseland, Robbert
    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
    “Weber, Work Ethic and Well-Being” (pdf)
  • Reggiani, Carlo
    University of York, UK
    “Religious Attitudes and Home Bias” (pdf)

12:10-13:30 Lunch, Closing and Departure