This chapter surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic … causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly growing literature, it focuses on the three main monotheisms … 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 … causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly growing literature, it focuses on the three main monotheisms … 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 … causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly growing literature, it focuses on the three main monotheisms …-day Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Much of the economics of Islam focuses on the role that Islam and Islamic institutions …

This chapter surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic … causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly growing literature, it focuses on the three main monotheisms …-day Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Much of the economics of Islam focuses on the role that Islam and Islamic institutions …