Culture and religion

Christopher L. Colvin

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96568-0_26

Culture and religion

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Culture is the result of, and is itself expressed through, religion, language, institutions and history. Culture is persistent but does change slowly over time. Religion is either one manifestation of culture or itself shapes that culture. This chapter discusses recent contributions to the economics of culture and religion, a literature which was instigated by economic historians and has long been dominated by their work. Its author especially focuses on the role of culture and religion in engendering industrial progress and institutional change.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	An Economist's Guide to Economic History
Editors	Matthias Blum, Christopher L. Colvin
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	26
Pages	223-229
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3319965673
ISBN (Print)	3319965670
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96568-0_26
Publication status	Published - Dec 2018

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