Other Considerations

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

Chapter Chapter 24 in Ye Shall Know Them by Their Fruits, 2022, pp 347-352 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter examines further considerations derived from the research. Institutional factors related to religion exert a stronger structural and long-term influence on prosperity (competitiveness and corruption) than the cultural influence of religion (adherents). Prosperity and educational differences between Protestants (higher) and Roman Catholics (lower) are still evident in Germany and Switzerland. Such differences are even more prominent comparing national levels (cross-country) throughout Europe and the Americas. Thousands of years of hegemony characterise the Roman Catholic Church as a global political-religious institution. The associated corruption in all the countries under its influence may well be related to the corrupt fruits for which “we shall know them” in the parable of Jesus (King James Bible, 1769, Matthew 7:15–23). Among others, these fruits have also been the abuse scandals, maintenance of ignorance, and persecution of God’s Word, in the name of Jesus Christ. The results of this study open up various avenues for future research. The QCA evidence generated here allows further analysis of every country in Europe and the Americas. Future research might also continue to apply the vast amount of information collected and already codified in this study.

Keywords: Institutional influence of religion; Cultural (adherents) influence of religion; Roman and Catholic Ancien Régime; Protestant Reformation; French Revolution; Communism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78498-0_24

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