Many of the nowadays scientists think that religion can never come to terms with science. In sharp contrast with this widespread opinion, our paper argues that, historically, scientific reasoning and religious belief joined hands in their effort to investigate and understand reality.

Many of the nowadays scientists think that religion can never come to terms with science.

Many of the nowadays scientists think that religion can never come to terms with science. In sharp contrast with this widespread opinion, our paper argues that, historically, scientific reasoning and religious belief joined hands in their effort to investigate and understand reality.

For decades, experimental economics has been very interested in behavior that could be characterized as practicing solidarity (although the term is rarely used). Solidarity is a key concept in Catholic Social Teaching. This paper builds a bridge between these two endeavors that, thus far, had...

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey (SOEP), this paper assesses the relationship between life satisfaction and religious practice. The main new result here is longitudinal. It is shown that individuals who become more religious over time record long term gains in life...

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey (SOEP), this paper assesses the relationship between life satisfaction and religious practice. The main new result here is longitudinal. It is shown that individuals who become more religious over time record long term gains in life...

In Against the gods: the remarkable story of risk (1996), Peter L. Bernstein illustrates how the mastery of risk has driven modern Western society into converting 'the future from an enemy into an opportunity'. Far from being an antagonist, as the unpredictable whim of gods or mysterious fate,...

Dieser Beitrag skizziert ein wirtschaftsethisches Gesprächsangebot an die Theologie. Aus der Perspektive des ordonomischen Ethik-Ansatzes werden methodisch drei kategoriale Denkfehler identifiziert: ein intentionalistischer, ein moralistischer und ein individualethischer Fehlschluss. Sodann...

Anti-Muslim prejudice is widespread in Western countries. Yet, Muslims are expected to constitute a growing share of the total population in Western countries over the next decades. This paper predicts that this demographic trend will increase anti-Muslim prejudice. Relying on experimental games...

Dieser Beitrag skizziert ein wirtschaftsethisches Gesprächsangebot an die Theologie.Aus der Perspektive des ordonomischen Ethik-Ansatzes werden methodisch drei kategorialeDenkfehler identifiziert: ein intentionalistischer, ein moralistischer und ein individualethischerFehlschluss.[...]