Rational Choice Theory and Religion: Summary and Assessment

Book Overview

Rational Choice Theory and Religion considers one of the major developments in the social scientific paradigms that promises to foster a greater theoretical unity among the disciplines of sociology, political science, economics and psychology. Applying the theory of rational choice--the theory that each individual will make her choice to maximize gain and minimize cost--to the study of religion, Lawrence Young has brought together a group of internationally renowned scholars to examine this important development within the field of religion for the first time.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415911915
• ISBN13: 9780415911917
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"