Marketplace of the Gods How Economics Explains Religion

Name: Marketplace of the Gods How Economics Explains Religion
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ISBN: 9780195394757

ISBN-10: 0195394755

ISBN-13: 9780195394757

Edition: 2010

Authors: Larry Witham

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In Marketplace of the Gods, award-winning journalist Larry Witham tells the inside story of the ground-breaking--and controversial--"economic approach" to religion, a story rich with history, contemporary thought, and the colorful people who are using economic ideas to solve the puzzles of our religious beliefs and behaviors. Written with an investigative flare and a lively writing style, this fascinating book presents a wide-ranging account of how the economic approach to religion can be applied to different faiths, activities, and times in history. Drawing upon cutting edge ideas from the behavioral sciences, and a deep knowledge of religious history, this new approach reveals how the…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/27/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

LARRY WITHAM is a veteran journalist and is the author of twelve books, including Where Darwin Meets the Bible: Creationists and Evolutionists in America and Marketplace of the Gods: How Economics Explains Religion.



Acknowledgements


Preface



The Economic Approach



Rational People and Religion



Life in the Household



The Gods of Risk



Why Religions Form



History of an Idea



Marketplace of the Gods



Debating Secularism



How Religion Shapes Economics



The Merits of Mammon


Glossary


Notes


Index