A Critical review of economic analyses of religion

dc.contributor.author	Vikas Kumar
dc.date.accessioned	2012-05-31T09:21:45Z
dc.date.available	2012-05-31T09:21:45Z
dc.date.issued	2012-05-31
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2275/89
dc.description.abstract	Recent years have seen increasing interest in economic analyses of religion. We carry out a critical review of Economics of Religion (EoR) in this review essay. We find that on the one hand EoR has made a significant contribution to enhance our understanding of secular trappings of religion and to break the stranglehold of non-rational approach to religion. On the other it has failed systematically to address the core of religion, namely, belief in its purportedly supernatural basis. Furthermore the methodological foundations of EoR are far from settled. We identify the shortcomings of the literature and suggest remedial measures, wherever possible.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	WP;WP-2008-023
dc.subject	Church	en_US
dc.subject	Credence Goods	en_US
dc.subject	Economic Methodology	en_US
dc.subject	Inscrutable Markets	en_US
dc.subject	Religion	en_US
dc.title	A Critical review of economic analyses of religion	en_US
dc.type	Working Paper	en_US