Economics of religion

The economics of religion concerns both the application of the techniques of economics to the study of religion and the relationship between economic and religious behaviours.^[1]^[2] Contemporary writers on the subject trace it back to Adam Smith (1776).^[3]

Empirical work examines the causal influence of religion in microeconomics to explain individual behaviour^[4] and in the macroeconomic determinants of economic growth.^[5] Religious economics (or theological economics) is a related subject sometimes^[quantify] overlapping or conflated with the economics of religion.^[6]

^ Iannaccone, Laurence R. (1998). "Introduction to the Economics of Religion". Journal of Economic Literature. 36 (3): pp.1465–1495.
^ McCleary, Rachel M. (2011). The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Religion. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199781287.
^ • Iannaccone, Laurence R. (1998). "Introduction to the Economics of Religion". Journal of Economic Literature. 36 (3): 1465–1495.
• Anderson, Gary M. (1988). "Mr. Smith and the Preachers: The Economics of Religion in the Wealth of Nations," Journal of Political Economy, 96(5), pp. 1066–1088.
^ Stark, Rodney; Finke, Roger (August 2000). Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520222021.
^ Barro, Robert J.; McCleary, Rachel M. (2003). "Religion and Economic Growth across Countries". American Sociological Review. 68 (5): 760–781. doi:10.2307/1519761. JSTOR 1519761.
^ For example, the Journal of Markets & Morality of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty and Faith & Economics of the Association of Christian Economists.
   • Paul Oslington, ed., 2003. Economics and Religion, Elgar, v. 2, part II, Economics of Religion, scrollable table of contents, 10 of 41 papers, 1939–2002.
   • Patrick J. Welch and J.J. Mueller, 2001. "The Relationship of Religion to Economics," Review of Social Economy, 59(2). pp. 185–202. Abstract. Archived 2006-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
   • Paul Oslington, 2000. "A Theological Economics," International Journal of Social Economics, 27(1), pp.\ 32–44.
   • Paul Oslington, ed., 2003. Economics and Religion, v. 1, Historical Relationships, table of contents, pp. v–vi with links via upper right-arrow to Introduction and first 11 of 17 papers, 1939–2002.
   • Paul Oslington, ed., 2003. Economics and Religion, v. 2, part I, Religious Economics and its Critics, scrollable table of contents, 14 papers, 1939–2002.
   • A.M.C. Waterman, 2002. "Economics as Theology: Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations," Southern Economic Journal, 68(4), p pp. 907–921. Reprinted in Paul Oslington, ed., 2003. Economics and Religion, v. 1, pp. 321–336.
   • Thomas Nixon Carver, 1908. "The Economic Basis of the Problem of Evil," Harvard Theological Review, 1(1), pp. 97–111.
   • _____, 1912. The Religion Worth Having. Chapter links.
   • Mahmoud A. El-Gamal, 2006. Islamic Finance: Law, Economics, and Practice. Cambridge. Description and chapter titles.

[Iannaccone-1] Iannaccone, Laurence R. (1998). "Introduction to the Economics of Religion". Journal of Economic Literature. 36 (3): pp.1465–1495.

[2] McCleary, Rachel M. (2011). The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Religion. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199781287.

[3] • Iannaccone, Laurence R. (1998). "Introduction to the Economics of Religion". Journal of Economic Literature. 36 (3): 1465–1495.
• Anderson, Gary M. (1988). "Mr. Smith and the Preachers: The Economics of Religion in the Wealth of Nations," Journal of Political Economy, 96(5), pp. 1066–1088.

[4] Stark, Rodney; Finke, Roger (August 2000). Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520222021.

[5] Barro, Robert J.; McCleary, Rachel M. (2003). "Religion and Economic Growth across Countries". American Sociological Review. 68 (5): 760–781. doi:10.2307/1519761. JSTOR 1519761.

[6] For example, the Journal of Markets & Morality of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty and Faith & Economics of the Association of Christian Economists.
• Paul Oslington, ed., 2003. Economics and Religion, Elgar, v. 2, part II, Economics of Religion, scrollable table of contents, 10 of 41 papers, 1939–2002.
• Patrick J. Welch and J.J. Mueller, 2001. "The Relationship of Religion to Economics," Review of Social Economy, 59(2). pp. 185–202. Abstract. Archived 2006-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
• Paul Oslington, 2000. "A Theological Economics," International Journal of Social Economics, 27(1), pp.\ 32–44.
• Paul Oslington, ed., 2003. Economics and Religion, v. 1, Historical Relationships, table of contents, pp. v–vi with links via upper right-arrow to Introduction and first 11 of 17 papers, 1939–2002.
• Paul Oslington, ed., 2003. Economics and Religion, v. 2, part I, Religious Economics and its Critics, scrollable table of contents, 14 papers, 1939–2002.
• A.M.C. Waterman, 2002. "Economics as Theology: Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations," Southern Economic Journal, 68(4), p pp. 907–921. Reprinted in Paul Oslington, ed., 2003. Economics and Religion, v. 1, pp. 321–336.
• Thomas Nixon Carver, 1908. "The Economic Basis of the Problem of Evil," Harvard Theological Review, 1(1), pp. 97–111.
• _____, 1912. The Religion Worth Having. Chapter links.
• Mahmoud A. El-Gamal, 2006. Islamic Finance: Law, Economics, and Practice. Cambridge. Description and chapter titles.

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