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This startlingly original (and sure to be controversial) account of the evolution of Christianity shows that the …—economics—to understand the development of organized religion. The Marketplace of Christianity applies the tools of economic theory to … Wittenberg by Martin Luther raised the level of competition within Christianity to a breaking point. The Counter-Reformation, the …