Rethinking Religious Social Action: What is “Rational” about Rational-Choice Theory?
The rational-choice/market-model of religions really consists of two, separable parts: a model of religious behavior plus a rational-choice explanation of why that behavior occurs. This article examines three key theoretical assumptions of the latter explanation. It shows two of these to be false an...
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Oxford Univ. Press
1998
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Sociology of religion
Year: 1998, Volume: 59, Issue: 2, Pages: 99-115 |
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