Sacred Markets, Sacred Canopies

Essays on Religious Markets and Religious Pluralism

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9780742511873
• ISBN-10: 0742511871
• Artikelnr.: 23277524

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 More Progress on the New Paradigm Chapter 2 Beyond Church and
Sect: Dynamics and Stability in Religious Economics Chapter 3 A Prophet's
Reward: Dynamics of Religious Exchange Chapter 4 Religious Markets: Supply,
Demand, and Rational Choices Chapter 5 A Political Economy of Religion
Chapter 6 Competing Notions of Religious Competition and Conflict in
Theories of Religious Economies Chapter 7 The Poverty of Economism or the
Social Limits on Maximising Chapter 8 Reflections on the "New Paradigm":
Unfinished Business and an Agenda for Research