Culture and Religion

Christopher Colvin

Chapter 26 in An Economist’s Guide to Economic History, 2018, pp 223-229 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Culture is the result of, and is itself expressed through, religion, language, institutions, and history. Culture is persistent but does change slowly over time. Religion is either one manifestation of culture or itself shapes that culture. This chapter discusses recent contributions to the economics of culture and religion, a literature which was instigated by economic historians and has long been dominated by their work. Its author especially focuses on the role of culture and religion in engendering industrial progress and institutional change.

JEL-codes: N10 N30 O43 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96568-0_26

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