Capitalism and religion in world history : purification and progress / Carl Mosk.
"Purity condemns filth; piety disparages corruption. Amassing riches offered to a transcendental world, the priests of ancient faiths found themselves trapped in contradiction. Loan out their resources to merchants: make yourself a pariah to true prophets. Before Islam squared the circle, bring...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Routledge,
2017.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Routledge studies in modern history.
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| Summary: | "Purity condemns filth; piety disparages corruption. Amassing riches offered to a transcendental world, the priests of ancient faiths found themselves trapped in contradiction. Loan out their resources to merchants: make yourself a pariah to true prophets. Before Islam squared the circle, bringing capital mobility enhancing credit creation into coexistence with devotion, religion stymied merchant capitalism. Spread through trade, Islam's innovations in commerce soothed the path to coexistence of credit and faith globally. Had a second form of capitalism - technological capitalism - not emerged binding science to innovation, harmony between faith and capitalism would prevail. However, scientific advance feeds off empirical experiment buttressed by critical debate, anathema to elites wielding power in countries saturated with religious nationalism. Easy cooperation between capitalism and religion blocked in these lands, their potential for economic progress withers, condemning many of these religious nationalist states to sustained poverty, to invidious religion traps."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : text file, PDF. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203731048 0203731042 |