Religious Economies Analysis
Religious economies analysis treats a society's religious life as a market in which competing firms (denominations, sects, and movements) offer products to consumers (potential adherents) under varying degrees of state regulation. Developed by Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge in A Theory of Religion (1987) and elaborated by Stark and Finke in Acts of Faith (2000), the framework inverts the older secularization assumption that modernity erodes religious demand. Instead it holds that latent demand for religion is relatively stable, and that observed variation in religiousness across societies is driven mainly by the supply side: how many religious firms compete, how specialized and energetic they are, and how heavily the state regulates the market. Where competition is open and unregulated, vigorous firms mobilize participation; where one firm enjoys a state-protected monopoly, it grows lazy and overall participation falls.
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- Stark, R., & Bainbridge, W. S. (1987). A Theory of Religion. New York: Peter Lang. · ISBN 9780820403564
- Stark, R., & Finke, R. (2000). Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion. Berkeley: University of California Press. · ISBN 9780520222021
- Iannaccone, L. R. (1994). Why Strict Churches Are Strong. American Journal of Sociology, 99(5), 1180-1211. · DOI 10.1086/230409
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