Economic origins of Roman Christianity
By: Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. and Robert D. Tollison
Contributors: Tollison, Robert D.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780226200026
Subjects: Church history; Economic aspects; Christianity
Description: Using basic concepts of economic theory, the authors explain the origin and subsequent spread of Roman Christianity, showing first how the standard concepts of risk, cost and benefit can account for the demand for religion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Roman Christianity: an evolving monopoly; title: Religion, history and social science; title: Economics of religious belief; title: Entrepreneurship, networking, and the success of early Christianity; title: Constantine and Rome's acceptance of Christianity; title: The drive to church monopoly power: Constantine to Charlemagne; title: Roman Christian monopoly in the early medieval period; title: The Roman church monopoly triumphant.