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Is Religious Freedom Good for Growth? A Panel Discussion

Can religious liberty promote economic growth and long-term development? An expert panel of scholars moderated by Brian Grim discusses various perspectives on this question with the conversation ranging everywhere from the Ottoman Empire to Guatemala, and from Chinese house churches to bourbon. The panel includes noted luminaries Ilan Alon, Timur Kuran, Rachel McCleary, and your fuzzy host Anthony Gill.

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Religious Liberty & Economic Prosperity: A Panel Discussion

Tags: Dalits, domestic violence, economic growth, economic prosperity, India, institutions, Iran, Islam, Islamic law, microfinance, migration, Northern Ireland, religion and economics, religious freedom, religious liberty, Turkey, women's rights

On October 10, 2013, a distinguished panel of scholars gathered at Georgetown University to discuss the relationship between religious liberty and economic prosperity. Sponsored by the Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and moderated by Prof. William Inboden, the panelists included Ilan Alon (Rollins College), Timur Kuran (Duke), Ian Linden (Tony Blair Faith Foundation), and Rebecca Shah (Religious Freedom Project). They discuss the various causal (and sometimes non-causal) pathways wherein greater religious toleration and freedom promotes an environment conducive to entrepreneurship, immigration, and the institutional expansion of othe civil liberties.

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Bob Subrick on Religion and Adam Smith, F.A. Hayek, and Vernon Smith

Tags: Adam Smith, development, economic growth, economics, economics of religion, F.A. Hayek, Frederic Bastiat, Gary Becker, Gillam Center, Laurence Iannaccone, Max Weber, price system, social order, The Fatal Conceit, The Protestant Ethic, The Wealth of Nations, transaction costs, Vernon Smith

Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek, and recent Nobel Laureate Vernon Smith are known for their deep thinking into the world of economics. But do these economic scholars have anything to say about the nature and social role of religion? Prof. Bob Subrick of James Madison University says “Yes!” and explains how each of these thinkers gives us insight into the role of religion and religious institutions in society. We take an intellectual tour through the economics of religion and come out all the better for it!

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Ruth Melkonian on Latin American Protestants

Tags: Brazil, Catholic Church, Chile, civic engagement, democracy, economic growth, Elizabeth Brusco, immigration, Luis Palau, Max Weber, Mexico, neo-Pentecostalism, Pentecostalism, prosperity gospel, Protestant ethic, war on terror

Prof. Ruth Melkonian surveys the history of Protestantism in Latin America and examines whether evangelicals and Pentecostals in the region share the same political views as their U.S. brethren or whether they appear more similar to non-evangelicals in Latin America. She reveals that Latin American Protestants are more similar to their non-Protestant compatriots in the region than they are to their counterparts in the United States. We also discuss the issue of Latino immigration into the US and how evangelical leaders have viewed this phenemonenon.

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