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Sacred Markets, Sacred Canopies
Essays on Religious Markets and Religious Pluralism
57,99 € |
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Verlag: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 01.04.2003 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781461643210 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 224 |
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Beschreibungen
Can individual decisions concerning whether or where to attend church, to contribute time or money to religious organizations, or to forgo certain activities be explained as a special case of economic theory? In Sacred Markets, Sacred Canopies, Ted G. Jelen brings together the leading scholars in the sociology of religion to debate market theories of religion. As the contributors examine whether or not religious choices can be understood as responding to the same laws of supply and demand as other forms of consumer behavior, they bring out many of the issues, controversies, and concerns surrounding this innovative theory. The result is a concise source for the arguments, evidence, and criticism of the market model of religious economies—a perfect starting point for students and scholars approaching this set of problems.
In Sacred Markets, Sacred Canopies, Ted. G. Jelen brings together the leading scholars in the sociology of religion to debate market theories of religion. As the contributors examine whether or not religious choices can be understood as responding to the same laws of supply and demand as other forms of consumer behavior, they bring out many of the issues, controversies, and concerns surrounding this innovative theory.
Chapter 1 More Progress on the New Paradigm
<br>Chapter 2 Beyond Church and Sect: Dynamics and Stability in Religious Economics
<br>Chapter 3 A Prophet's Reward: Dynamics of Religious Exchange
<br>Chapter 4 Religious Markets: Supply, Demand, and Rational Choices
<br>Chapter 5 A Political Economy of Religion
<br>Chapter 6 Competing Notions of Religious Competition and Conflict in Theories of Religious Economies
<br>Chapter 7 The Poverty of Economism or the Social Limits on Maximising
<br>Chapter 8 Reflections on the "New Paradigm": Unfinished Business and an Agenda for Research
<br>Chapter 2 Beyond Church and Sect: Dynamics and Stability in Religious Economics
<br>Chapter 3 A Prophet's Reward: Dynamics of Religious Exchange
<br>Chapter 4 Religious Markets: Supply, Demand, and Rational Choices
<br>Chapter 5 A Political Economy of Religion
<br>Chapter 6 Competing Notions of Religious Competition and Conflict in Theories of Religious Economies
<br>Chapter 7 The Poverty of Economism or the Social Limits on Maximising
<br>Chapter 8 Reflections on the "New Paradigm": Unfinished Business and an Agenda for Research
Ted G. Jelen is professor of political science at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. He has published extensively in the areas of religion and politics.