Introduction

Jason García Portilla
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Jason García Portilla: University of St. Gallen

Chapter Chapter 1 in Ye Shall Know Them by Their Fruits, 2022, pp 3-12 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Why are Protestant societies more competitive and less corrupt than Roman Catholic ones? This book explains the hegemonic and emancipatory religious forces contributing to these disparities between 65 countries in Europe and the Americas. It argues that the uneven contributions of Roman Catholicism and Protestantism to prosperity are grounded in their different historical and institutional foundations and in the theologies that are pervasive in their countries of influence. This introduction establishes the historical context of the controversy and includes the aims, contributions, and shortcomings of this study.

Keywords: Religion; Corruption; Prosperity; Roman Catholicism; Protestant Reformation; Church-State relations; Competitiveness; Europe and the Americas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78498-0_1

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