THE INSTITUTION OF RELIGION AND THE ECONOMIC GNOSEOLOGY*

Post-doct. research. Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu Ph.D
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Post-doct. research. Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu Ph.D: Since Max Weber, there has been a debate on the impact of religion on people’s economic attitudes. Religion play a direct role over the individuals because it entails them to become elements of social aggregates that have internal patterns of organization and own goals, shaping with great power the individuals’ choices and purposes. We consider religion an endogenous element in the theory of economic growth. The importance of societal ideas and preferences, moral beliefs and the confidence in a market system affect the economic process in various ways.

Revista Tinerilor Economisti (The Young Economists Journal), 2010, vol. 1, issue 15S, 87-95

Abstract: Since Max Weber, there has been a debate on the impact of religion on people’s economic attitudes. Religion play a direct role over the individuals because it entails them to become elements of social aggregates that have internal patterns of organization and own goals, shaping with great power the individuals’ choices and purposes. We consider religion an endogenous element in the theory of economic growth. The importance of societal ideas and preferences, moral beliefs and the confidence in a market system affect the economic process in various ways.

Keywords: economic growth; religiosity; religious market model; Church attendance; belief in Heaven/hell (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C01 O40 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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