NEW SPIRITUALITY IN ECONOMIC APPROACH. AN INTRODUCTION TO REINTERPRETATION OF ESSENTIAL ASSUMPTIONS OF PARADIGM Cover Image

NOWA DUCHOWOŚĆ W PERSPEKTYWIE PODEJŚCIA EKONOMICZNEGO. PRZYCZYNEK DO REINTERPRETACJI PODSTAWOWYCH ZAŁOŻEŃ PARADYGMATU
NEW SPIRITUALITY IN ECONOMIC APPROACH. AN INTRODUCTION TO REINTERPRETATION OF ESSENTIAL ASSUMPTIONS OF PARADIGM

Author(s): Łukasz Kutyło
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwa AGH
Keywords: economic approach; new spirituality; religious markets theory; theory of religious consumer choice

Summary/Abstract: The economic approach is often used for research of religious changes. The religious markets theory is one of the most developed theories on its ground. According to its general assumption, church attendance is high in competitive markets and low in monopolistic ones. There is a problem, however, because representatives of the approach concentrate mainly on denominations and they have been increasingly ignoring non-institutional religiosity and spirituality. In the article, I have suggested a redefinition of the economic approach so that it could include currently neglected phenomena.

  • Issue Year: 12/2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 49-65
  • Page Count: 17
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