The economics of religion anthropological approaches

The Economics of Religion explores the new paradigms of 'religious economics' and 'economies of religion' under the scope of transdisciplinary and international perspectives. It examines and appraises some of the recent theoretical developments and methodological innovations in r...

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Other Authors Obadia, Lionel, Wood, Donald C.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011.
SeriesResearch in economic anthropology ; v. 31.
Subjects
Economics > Religious aspects.
Religion > Economic aspects.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781780522296
ISSN0190-1281 ;
DOI10.1108/S0190-1281(2011)31
Physical Description1 online resource (xxxvii, 337 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • Economics and religion, economics in religion, economics of religion : reopening the grounds for anthropology? / Lionel Obadia, Donald C. Wood
  • Trust, faith and calculativeness : a theoretical extension of O. Williamson's 'institutional trust' / Peter Seele
  • Property unbound? : debating the 'sacrificial economy' / Simon Coleman
  • A Catholic alternative to globalization? : the Compagnia delle Opere / Riccardo Nanini
  • The economy of the host in the monastic world : a non-economic economy / Isabelle Jonveaux
  • Is Buddhism like a hamburger? : Buddhism and the market economy in a globalized world / Lionel Obadia
  • Spiritual capital : on the materiality and immateriality of blessings in Puerto Rican Brujería / Raquel Romberg
  • Promising and engaging the future through ritual sponsorships in eastern Yucatan, Mexico / Andrés Dapuez, Andrés Dzib May, Sabrina Gavigan
  • God unlimited : economic transformations of contemporary Nigerian Pentecostalism / Asonzeh Ukah
  • Multi-level marketing : at the crossroads of economy and religion / Nathalie Luca
  • Economic, religious, and social practice of giving : a microanalysis of donating in the kingdom of Tonga / Natsuko Higa
  • Are religious individuals more generous, trusting, and cooperative? : an experimental test of the effect of religion on prosociality / Brian Paciotti, Peter Richerson, Billy Baum, Mark Lubell, Tim Waring, Richard McElreath, Charles Efferson, Ed Edsten
  • Charitable Christians, punitive neighbors : religiosity and economic norms in a water-scarce environment / Benjamin Jewell, Amber Wutich.

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