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Sacred Markets, Sacred Canopies: Essays on Religious Markets and Religious Pluralism

By William Sims Bainbridge

Book information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Year
2003
ISBN
9781461643210
ASIN
B00EORHX1E
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
562 kB (575259 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-08-04 19:25:41
Politics; Nonfiction; POL000000

Description

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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