| | PROBLEMS OF MODERN ECONOMICS, N 4 (72), 2019 | | ECONOMICS AND RELIGION | | Bekkin R. I. Senior research fellow, Institute of Africa (Russian Academy of Science) (Moscow), PhD (Economics), Professor PhD (Jurisprudence)
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| Economics of Religion theory includes a range of different concepts to explain various phenomena taking place in the religious sphere with the help of methodology and the conceptual apparatus of the economic science. One of the major reproaches presented to the scholars who use economic approaches in the study of religion is that many principles of this theory hold true only with respect to the religious situation in the USA. The author attempts to find out, to what degree can the basic principles of the Economics of Religion be applied to the countries with a different format of relations between the state and religious organizations. The article focuses on the institute of muftiate in Russia that emerged over 200 years ago. Alongside with the Economics of Religion theory, the article involves institutional theory and the theory of institutional changes authored by an American economist Douglass North. This theory allows for a better understanding of the mechanism by which institutions function in societies where non-written (informal) laws cease playing a significant role. | Key words: Economics of Religion, Adam Smith, muftiate, Muslim Spiritual Administration, «traditional religions», Douglass North | Pages: 240 - 250 |
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