Marketplace of the gods
Subtitle: how economics explains religion
By: Larry Witham.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195394757
Subjects: Economics -- Religious aspects; Economics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects; Religion -- Economic aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: The economic approach; title: Rational people and religion; title: Life in the household; title: The gods of risk; title: Why religions form; title: History of an idea; title: Marketplace of the gods; title: Debating secularism; title: How religion shapes economics; title: The merits of mammon.