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Western intellectual insights for Muslim policy makers on religion based economy

The subject of relationship between religion and economy raises many issues. It touches the originality of religion and economy and their nature of relationship including their independence and dependence. Western scholarship on the subject has useful insights for the Muslim policy makers on rel...

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Main Author: Malik, Mohammad Manzoor
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2014
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BJ1188 Religious ethics
BL Religion
BX Christian Denominations
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/38098/1/Binder1.pdf
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http://ichsc.org/index.htm
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spelling my.iium.irep.38098 http://irep.iium.edu.my/38098/ Western intellectual insights for Muslim policy makers on religion based economy Malik, Mohammad Manzoor BJ1188 Religious ethics BL Religion BX Christian Denominations The subject of relationship between religion and economy raises many issues. It touches the originality of religion and economy and their nature of relationship including their independence and dependence. Western scholarship on the subject has useful insights for the Muslim policy makers on religion based economy. This research undertakes Marx and Weber’s thought on the subject and relates the issue with the current reality in industrialized countries such as Singapore. The findings show that Marx is a reductionist and Weber’s thesis highlights the independent role of religion in fostering economy although he remains pessimistic regarding its religiosity. The more plausible view is that though religion is an independent variable, yet there is interdependence between religion and economy. The economical modalities influence religious life in many ways. This challenge calls Muslim policy makers for a continuous intellectual effort in making creative contributions in making religion based economy possible. 2014-09 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38098/1/Binder1.pdf Malik, Mohammad Manzoor (2014) Western intellectual insights for Muslim policy makers on religion based economy. In: 2014 4th International Conference on Humanities, Society and Culture -ICHSC 2014, 2-3 Oct 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://ichsc.org/index.htm
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topic BJ1188 Religious ethics
BL Religion
BX Christian Denominations
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BL Religion
BX Christian Denominations
Malik, Mohammad Manzoor
Western intellectual insights for Muslim policy makers on religion based economy
description The subject of relationship between religion and economy raises many issues. It touches the originality of religion and economy and their nature of relationship including their independence and dependence. Western scholarship on the subject has useful insights for the Muslim policy makers on religion based economy. This research undertakes Marx and Weber’s thought on the subject and relates the issue with the current reality in industrialized countries such as Singapore. The findings show that Marx is a reductionist and Weber’s thesis highlights the independent role of religion in fostering economy although he remains pessimistic regarding its religiosity. The more plausible view is that though religion is an independent variable, yet there is interdependence between religion and economy. The economical modalities influence religious life in many ways. This challenge calls Muslim policy makers for a continuous intellectual effort in making creative contributions in making religion based economy possible.
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author Malik, Mohammad Manzoor
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title Western intellectual insights for Muslim policy makers on religion based economy
title_short Western intellectual insights for Muslim policy makers on religion based economy
title_full Western intellectual insights for Muslim policy makers on religion based economy
title_fullStr Western intellectual insights for Muslim policy makers on religion based economy
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publishDate 2014
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/38098/
http://ichsc.org/index.htm
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