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The Theory of Religious Economy takes into account a wide spectrum of issues (e.g., the differences between competitive religious markets and religious monopolies), making this theory one of the most significant developments in the social scientific study of religion during the past thirty years. [4]
Effects of religion on economic outcomes. Studies suggest there is a channel from religious behaviours to macroeconomic outcomes of economic growth, crime rates and institutional development. [19] Scholars hypothesise religion impacts economic outcomes through religious doctrines promoting thrift, work ethic, honesty and trust. [20]
Economic imperialism (economics) Economics of religion, the application of economic theory and methods to explain the religious behaviour of individuals and groups; Female labor force in the Muslim world; Institutional economics, the study of role of institutions and evolutionary processes in shaping economic behaviour; Islamic economics
A self religion (or self-religion) is a religious or self-improvement group which has as one of its primary aims the improvement of the self. [1] The term "self religion" was coined by Paul Heelas [2] and other scholars of religion have adopted/adapted the description. King's College London scholar Peter Bernard Clarke builds on Heelas's ...
The theory of religious economy sees different religious organizations competing for followers in a religious economy, much like the way businesses compete for consumers in a commercial economy. Theorists assert that a true religious economy is the result of religious pluralism , giving the population a wider variety of choices in religion.
McNamara proposes that religious experiences may help in "decentering" the self, and transform it into an integral self which is closer to an ideal self. [ 119 ] Transpersonal psychology is a school of psychology that studies the transpersonal , self- transcendent or spiritual aspects of the human experience.
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Catholic Church, [1] and in the teachings of the Church Fathers which undergirds the theology of those communions, economy or oeconomy (Greek: οἰκονομία, oikonomia) has several meanings. [2]
Religious cosmology is an explanation of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe from a religious perspective. This may include beliefs on origin in the form of a creation myth , subsequent evolution, current organizational form and nature, and eventual fate or destiny.