Religious Belief and Economic Behaviour - Ancient Israel, Classical Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, and Contemporary Ireland and Africa

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'

About the author

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.

Summary

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'

Product details

• Authors: Jacob Neusner, Jacob (Research Professor of Religion and Theology Neusner
• Publisher: University of South Florida
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780788505683
• ISBN: 978-0-7885-0568-3
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 236 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 699 g
• Series: South Florida-Rochester-Saint; South Florida-Rochester-St. Louis Studies in Religion and the Social Order; South Florida-Rochester-St. Louis Studies in Religion and the Social Order; South Florida-Rochester-Saint; South Florida-Rochester-St. Lo
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works