Religious Belief and Economic Behaviour: Ancient Israel, Classical Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, and Contemporary Ireland and Africa (South Florida-Rochester-St. Louis Studies in Religion and the Social Order)

by Jacob Neusner

Records the principle papers and responses of a conference presented at the U. of South Florida in February 1999. The ten papers, authored by an interdisciplinary group of scholars, treat (many from a Weberian perspective) such topics as how new religious movements treat wealth, religious beliefs in contemporary Africa, the uses of the words rich'

• ISBN10: 0788505688
• ISBN13: 9780788505683
• Publish Date: 1 March 1999
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Scholars Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 376
• Language: English