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- The
Economics
of Religion uses economic theory and methods to analyze and explain religious
behavior and its outcomes.
- It
can roughly be divided into
three major lines of inquiry
(Iannaccone, 1998, p. 1466):
- Analysis
of religious behavior from
an economic perspective,
i.e. applying microeconomic
theory and techniques to
explain patterns of religious
behavior among individuals,
groups and cultures;
- Analysis
of the economic consequences
of religions or religious
behavior, and
- A
strand wich might be called
'Religious economics', i.e.
the analysis and critique
of economic theory and policies
from a theological point
of view.
- For
more details, see the extensive
survey by Iannaccone
(1998), downloadable here.
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