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Regulation, Pluralism, and Religious Market Structure Explaining Religion's Vitality
Mark Chaves,David E. Cann +1 more
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In this paper, the authors extend the analysis of religious market structure by measuring directly the regulation of religious markets in 18 Western democracies and find that the relationship between subsidized religion and religious participation holds in both Protestant and Catholic countries and its explanatory power is far superior to that of religious pluralism alone.Abstract:
At the macro level, the economics of religion implies that religion will be more vibrant where it is less regulated and hence more competitive. Recent attempts to support this hypothesis are weakened by the use of religious pluralism as a proxy measure for the extent to which the religious market is subsidized or regulated. This article extends the analysis of religious market structure by measuring directly the regulation of religious markets in 18 Western democracies. The analysis provides strong support for the hypothesized connection between religious competitiveness and vitality. The results show that (a) the relationship between subsidized religion and religious participation holds in both Protestant and Catholic countries and (b) its explanatory power is far superior to that of religious pluralism alone. However, certain features of the results suggest that the “economics of religion” should be supplemented with noneconomic variables to achieve adequate sociological explanation.read more
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The Consequences of Religious Market Structure Adam Smith and the Economics of Religion
TL;DR: In a largely ignored chapter of The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith laid the foundation for an economic theory of religious institutions as discussed by the authors, emphasizing the importance of market structure, describing in detail the differences between state-sponsored religious monopolies and competitive religious markets.
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Religious economies and sacred canopies: religious mobilization in american cities, 1906*
Roger Finke,Rodney Stark +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argued that religious participation is and ought to be higher in cities and that competition among religious bodies increases levels of religious mobilization, based on the 1906 U.S. Census of Religious Bodies, and the units of analysis are the 150 largest cities.
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Religious Pluralism and Church Membership: A Spatial Diffusion Model
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of religious diversity on the prevalence of Church Membership in the United States has been investigated using county-level census data for 1910, 1920, and 1930.