Religion, Rationality, and Experience: A Response to the New Rational Choice Theory of Religion

2004 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Jerolmack ◽  
Douglas Porpora
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Theory Of Religion

scholarly journals SOCIOLOGIA DO CRESCIMENTO PENTECOSTAL NO BRASIL: UM BALANÇO

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (119) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Mariano
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Sociological Theory ◽  
Structural Transformations ◽  
Rural Migrants ◽  
Its Analysis ◽  
Theory Of Religion

O artigo apresenta um balanço sumário da teoria sociológica sobre a expansão pentecostal no Brasil. Analisa as obras mais importantes que a conformaram, sua perspectiva modernizadora e destaca as críticas que recebeu. Procura mostrar que essa teoria responsabilizou prioritariamente as transformações estruturais da sociedade pelas mudanças nas escolhas religiosas de parte dos migrantes rurais e dos estratos mais pobres da população. Por fim, apresenta a perspectiva da teoria da escolha racional da religião, que, em contraste, foca sua análise na oferta religiosa.ABSTRACT: The article presents a summary balance of sociological theory about the Pentecostal expansion in Brazil. It analyses the most important works that led to the birth of Pentecostalism, its modernizing perspective and the criticism it has received. The article seeks to show that this theory blamed primarily the structural transformations of society through changes in religious choices by rural migrants and the poorest strata of the population. Finally, the article presents the perspective of the rational choice theory of religion, which, in contrast, focuses its analysis on the religious offering.

scholarly journals Economic Theory of Religion in the Perspective of Progressing Secularisation

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-62
Author(s):  
Wiesław Romanowicz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Rational Choice ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Direct Application ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Theory Of Religion ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract Subject and purpose of work: This work presents an economic theory of religion. Its aim is to gain insight into one of the modern concepts of religion in the perspective of secularisation. Materials and methods: While describing the essence of this theory, apart from personal views, also other opinions of contemporary sociologists of religion were used. Results: This study highlighted the fact that the presented concept has a diverse range of references and interprets religion in a specific way. It is a concept competing against the secularisation thesis, and its essence is in direct application of the rational choice theory and exchange theory. Conclusions: Approaching religion only through the formula of supply, significantly reduces the field of interpretation and does not explain all the mechanisms of religious changes in the contemporary world.

Rational Choice Theory and the 1990 Party Merger in South Korea

OUGHTOPIA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-282
Author(s):  
In-Kyun Kim ◽  
Myeong-Geon Koh
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Rational Choice ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory

POLITICS-LAW CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE? 'SMALL' POLITICAL PARTIES, REALPOLITIKAND SOUTH AFRICA'S 20 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kealeboga J Maphunye
Keyword(s):  
Game Theory ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Rational Choice ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Democratic Consolidation ◽  
Secondary Research ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
African Charter

This article examines South Africa's 20-year democracy by contextualising the roles of the 'small' political parties that contested South Africa's 2014 elections. Through the  prism  of South  Africa's  Constitution,  electoral legislation  and the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, it examines these parties' roles in South Africa's democratisation; their influence,  if any, in parliament, and whether they play any role in South Africa's continental or international engagements. Based on a review of the extant literature, official documents,  legislation, media, secondary research, reports and the results of South Africa's elections, the article relies on game theory, rational choice theory and theories of democracy and democratic consolidation to examine 'small' political parties' roles in the country's political and legal systems. It concludes that the roles of 'small' parties in governance and democracy deserve greater recognition than is currently the case, but acknowledges the extreme difficulty experienced by the 'small'  parties in playing a significant role in democratic consolidation, given their formidable opponent in a one-party dominant system.

Rational Choice Contractualism

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Moehler
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Correct Choice ◽  
Original Position ◽  
Decision Situation ◽  
Moral Principles ◽  
Theories Of Justice ◽  
Principles Of Justice ◽  
Traditional Understanding

This chapter discusses contractualist theories of justice that, although they rely explicitly on moral assumptions in the traditional understanding of morality, employ rational choice theory for the justification of principles of justice. In particular, the chapter focuses on the dispute between Rawls and Harsanyi about the correct choice of principles of justice in the original position. The chapter shows that there is no winner in the Rawls–Harsanyi dispute and, ultimately, formal methods alone cannot justify moral principles. This finding is significant for the development of the rational decision situation that serves for the derivation of the weak principle of universalization for the domain of pure instrumental morality.

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