This essay critically evaluates the analytic literature concerned with causal connections
between Islam and economic performance. It focuses on works since 1997, when this …

This paper seeks to advance the global study of religiosity and spirituality by conducting a
meta-analysis of major approaches in the field. While the field, and thus the collected …

"" The human condition teems with institutions." From this premise, Theories of Institutions
surveys several decades of institutional theory/institutionalism from across the social …

Abstract For Muslims, Ramadan is a month in which the fasting ritual is observed and
interpreted as an event for fostering social cohesion. Therefore, this study examined the …

This paper provides a meta-analysis of the intersection of (a) religiosity and spirituality with
(b) generosity, philanthropy, nonprofits, and prosociality. The study is informed by three …

All of the major religious confessions existing today have outlasted every single secular
ruling regime known in human history. That observation poses an interesting puzzle for …

Religious communities can encourage generosity toward strangers. In these communities,
such norms are high among religious individuals and nonadherents. It remains unclear how …

How does a religious group's demographic status influence its members' attitudes toward
economic and political liberalization? This study adopts a contextual approach and …

The such areas provision overarching of inquiry of public within things goods the as external
field to society of security political has and long economy. the been provision Public one of …

While the impact of government interference to the religious domain has long been
discussed in previous literature, empirical evidence on the nexus between government …