This chapter surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic … studies the role of the Catholic Church in European economic history since the medieval period. Taking advantage of newly … economic consequences in present-day Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Much of the economics of Islam focuses on the role that …

This paper surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic … studies the role of the Catholic Church in European economic history since the medieval period. Taking advantage of newly … economic consequences in present-day Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Much of the economics of Islam focuses on the role that …