existence - the afterlife. Therefore, death in the psyche of such a person does not terminate benefit seeking, and there is … value in the afterlife. The aim here is to refine value-based calculations, drawing from varying religious perspectives …, based upon maximising the sum of CLV and customer afterlife time value (CALV). …

Many contributions to the economics of religion postulate an "afterlife consumption motive." People are assumed to … maximize total utility--including afterlife utility. This essay argues that the approach is unsatifactory for several reasons … afterlife; second, there exist religions that do not postulate an afterlife, and there are religions that suppose an afterlife …

partition between the sacred space - wherein the collectivity is placed - and the profane sphere. This form allows the group to …

cultural contradictions of equality and hierarchy, and modernity and tradition, the delicate balance between the sacred and the …

sacred is manifested in cults and churches in our country seem necessary. Social life everywhere is impregnated with the …

over the body - the object of social ritual in which beauty and eroticism set a new ethics of a relationship with the body …

This paper examines the interplay of sacred and profane concepts through television coverage of the debate following … how Muslim public prayers visual and verbal representations in television broadcast materialize the sacred and the profane … dimensions of French public spaces. Our aim is to observe the way Muslim ritual practice transforms the relation (social …