Marketplace of the Gods

by Larry Witham

Book Overview

Two centuries after Adam Smith illuminated the workings of the marketplace, a new movement among economists and social scientists is expanding his insights into a groundbreaking "economics of religion." Using cutting edge ideas from the behavioral sciences, and a deep knowledge of religious history, this new approach is making sense not only of past beliefs, but of religion today.

In Marketplace of the Gods, award-winning journalist Larry Witham...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195394755
• ISBN13: 9780195394757
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"