Economics, education and religion: Can Western theories be generalized across religions?

Dawood Mamoon and Naveed Yazdani
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Naveed Yazdani: Director, School of Professional Advancement, University of Management & Technology, Lahore

Journal of Economic and Social Thought, 2018, vol. 5, issue 3, 256-264

Abstract: Some of the recent empirical studies relate economic growth and prosperity with religion. This paper raises the question that if economic systems are based on individualism and selfishness, can they be related with religion? The paper also finds that the Secularization hypothesis of Western Modernity is still valid for Western cultures, Judaism and Christianity but its application is highly unlikely in case of the third monotheist religion Islam. The paper expounds the causes of this proposition keeping in view the historical, religious and economic perspectives of Islam.

Keywords: Religion; Economics; Education; Monotheist religions; Secularization hypothesis. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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