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:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Press (IACSIT) 2015
Subjects:	B69 History and systems BR Christianity BX Christian Denominations HF Commerce
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spelling	iium-380962016-11-08T03:17:06Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/38096/ Western intellectual insights for Muslim policy makers on religion based economy Malik, Mohammad Manzoor B69 History and systems BR Christianity BX Christian Denominations HF Commerce 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 International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Press (IACSIT) 2015-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38096/1/573-C10010.pdf Malik, Mohammad Manzoor (2015) Western intellectual insights for Muslim policy makers on religion based economy. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity (IJSSH), 5 (10). pp. 879-886. ISSN 2010-3646 http://www.ijssh.org/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=62&id=903 10.7763/IJSSH.2015.V5.573
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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
title_full_unstemmed	Western intellectual insights for Muslim policy makers on religion based economy
title_sort	western intellectual insights for muslim policy makers on religion based economy
publisher	International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Press (IACSIT)
publishDate	2015
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Western intellectual insights for Muslim policy makers on religion based economy

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