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: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/38098/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/38098/1/Binder1.pdf
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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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spelling iium-380982018-06-19T01:49:30Z 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 Proceeding Paper 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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Western intellectual insights for Muslim policy makers on religion based economy
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title_fullStr Western intellectual insights for Muslim policy makers on religion based economy
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title_short Western intellectual insights for Muslim policy makers on religion based economy
title_sort western intellectual insights for muslim policy makers on religion based economy
topic BJ1188 Religious ethics
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BX Christian Denominations
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/38098/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/38098/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/38098/1/Binder1.pdf