Toward a divine economic system: Understanding exchanges in a religious consumption field

2020 ◽  
pp. 147059312097323
Author(s):  
Samuelson Appau
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Marketing Theory ◽  
Church Members ◽  
System A ◽  
The World ◽  
The Church

Marketing theory on exchanges is dominated by market/nonmarket exchanges and their hybrid versions. However, unlike these relatively more secular exchanges, little is known about religious exchanges or “gifts-to-gods” in marketing theory, in spite of evidence to indicate its overwhelming presence around the world. Using the context of a Pentecostal consumption field, this article examines three forms of religious exchanges—exchange with the church (institution), exchange among church members (communal pooling), and exchange with God (sacred) and how they influence the consumption of religion in this context. Instead of market/nonmarket economic systems, the article advances a divine economic system—a system of exchanges governed by divine agents (gods, spirits, saints), which centralizes and legitimizes these religious exchanges. This article extends marketing theory on exchanges, reciprocity, and the consumption and marketization of religion.

scholarly journals Sending in die kerk: ’n Gevallestudie

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-55
Author(s):  
J. J. Kritzinger
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Dutch Reformed ◽  
Church Members ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The World ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Church ◽  
Significant Factors

Mission in the church: A case study Based on an enquiry into mission interest in the NG Church. Although there can be no doubt that mission is the essential task to which God called the church into being, to be his witness in the world, the empirical church often shows very little awareness of this. This article relates some results of research done in the Dutch Reformed Church in the Republic of South Africa on the church members’ interest in and involvement with mission. Some of the significant factors influencing the missionary interest of the members were (a) their personal spirituality and activities within the church, (b) their political leanings, and (c) the missionary preaching and enthusiasm of the ministers. A few aspects of the ministry are highlighted as worthy of attention.

scholarly journals Pandemi Covid-19 dan Implikasinya terhadap Polarisasi Mazhab Teologi di Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-71
Author(s):  
Abdon Arnolus Amtiran
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Literature Analysis ◽  
Church Members ◽  
Concerted Effort ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Theological Schools ◽  
The World ◽  
The Church ◽  
Descriptive Method

This study was carried out to analyze the symptoms that arose at the time of the covid pandemic 19. The covid pandemic 19 caused an extraordinary crisis that shook social, political and economic life. Millions of people have been exposed and hundreds of thousands lost their lives. This caused panic, stress and frustration and in the lives of many people the church members were no exception. At the same time, there is a polarization in theological schools that are present in addressing this condition. This study used a qualitative approach with a descriptive method and literature analysis. The conclusion obtained that theological schools of thought is a reality that can not be nullified because it is the same age as Christianity itself. Therefore, what is urgent to do is a concerted effort to take concrete steps in dealing with this extraordinary crisis. And also the existence of a new theological effort in the midst of the enactment of "New Normal", because theology itself is the answer to the problems that occur in the middle of the world. Abstract Kajian ini dilakuan untuk menganalisis gejala-gejala yang timbul pada saat terjadinya Pandemi Covid-19. Pandemi ini telah menimbulkan krisis luar biasa yang menggoncang-kan kehidupan sosial, politik dan ekonomi. Jutaan orang telah terpapar dan ratusan ribu orang kehilangan nyawa. Hal ini menimbulkan kepanikan, stres dan dan frustrasi dan pada kehidupan banyak orang tidak terkecuali warga gereja. Pada saat yang sama, terjadi polarisasi dalam mazhab-mazbah teologi yang ada dalam menyikapi kondisi ini. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode deskriptif dan analisis literatur. Kesimpulan yang diperoleh, bahwa mazhab-mazhab teologi merupakan sebuah realitas yang tidak bisa ditiadakan sebab ia ada seusia kekristenan itu sendiri. Oleh karena itu, yang mendesak dilakukan adalah adanya upaya bersama melakuan langkah konkrit dalam menghadapi krisis luar biasa ini. Dan pula adanya upaya berteologi secara baru di tengah-tengah diberlakukannya “New Normal”, karena teologi itu sendiri adalah “jawaban” atas persoalan yang terjadi di tengah-tengah dunia.

scholarly journals Paradigm change: from economic growth to sustainable value creation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liubovi Prodan-Șestacova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Paradigm Change ◽  
Current Period ◽  
System A ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Sustainable Value ◽  
Current Task ◽  
Systemic Crises

The dynamics of the development of economic systems is characterized by the evolution of institutions, of the resources used, of the applied technologies, of the relations between the subjects of the economic activity and other associated transformations. The current period is characterized by a series of changes that affect all components of the global economic system: digital transformation, climate change, systemic crises of state administrations, economic crises, global pandemic, etc. It is clear that these changes will shape a new economic system. The current task of the main actors in this process is to assign to this new system a series of characteristics that will not be random, but controllable, desired and accepted by all stakeholders

The Parable of the Cursed Chicken (1974–Present)

2019 ◽  
pp. 260-273
Author(s):  
Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Church Members ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Community Norms ◽  
The World ◽  
True Jesus Church ◽  
The Church

In the charismatic culture of the True Jesus Church in contemporary China, extraordinary occurrences are expected within the mundane circumstances of modern life. The church community’s claimed access to miraculous power strengthens the legitimacy of church ideology and church government. These charismatic experiences, often framed in reference to the Bible, inject vitality into church members’ shared life and the organizational structures holding them together. At the same time, church leaders attempt to carefully define and regulate charismatic experience in order to preserve community norms and maintain optimal levels of tension with surrounding society. At the level of individual practice, the church’s emphasis on Christian separation from the world results not in withdrawal, but in engagement with nearly every aspect of everyday life.

scholarly journals Die opbou van ’n missionale gemeente: ’n Verkenning van die invloed van Godsbegrip en liturgiese ervaring

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marthinus J. Jansen van Rensburg
Keyword(s):  
Church Members ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
The World ◽  
Practical Theological ◽  
The Church ◽  
Changing World

The building up of a local missional congregation: The understanding of God and liturgy. The purpose of this article is to investigate the understanding of God by members of the Netherdutch Reformed Church (Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika [NHKA]), their liturgical experience and its influence on the development of a missional congregation. The world is currently in the midst of a wave of changes that have far-reaching implications for the church and, specifically, for the NHKA. In a changing world it is imperative that church members understand the value of the different metaphors of God as well as its value for the development of the missional congregation. From a practical-theological approach, this article aims to look at the influence of the liturgy of life on the development of a missional congregation.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Crisis on the Socio-Economic System in a Post-Pandemic Society

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 368-379
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Sylkin ◽  
Yuliia Buhel ◽  
Natalia Dombrovska ◽  
Iryna Martusenko ◽  
Myroslava Karaim
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Internal Environment ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The World ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Negative Factors

The activity of any socio-economic system is associated with the instability of the external environment and the presence of negative factors influencing its functioning, which, in turn, can provoke the emergence of crisis phenomena, slows down the process of development of the organization and makes it less effective. The prerequisites for this may be factors that are formed not only in the external, but also in the internal environment. This issue is of particular relevance today, in the context of the existence of the consequences of the pandemic in the world. Many years of experience in the activity of socio-economic systems in a market environment shows that this problem remains relevant to them even now in today's postmodern world. Successful overcoming of crisis situations depends on the effectiveness of anti-crisis management and management of anti-crisis potential, the type of crisis. After all, each crisis situation, which is formed under the influence of specific factors, has a clear characteristic and belongs to a certain category. With this information, you can form a clear plan of management actions to effectively overcome the crisis in socio-economic systems. But in order to determine what types of crises affect the activities of socio-economic systems, it is first of all necessary to determine the types of crises in socio-economic systems. The article analyzes the main features of the functioning of today's socio-economic system and the impact of such post-pandemic consequences on it.

scholarly journals STUDI KOMPARASI POSISI ETIKA BISNIS ISLAM DALAM BERBAGAI SISTEM EKONOMI

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Nina Nurkomalasari ◽  
Nurlaelah Zakiah
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The World ◽  
Socialist Economic ◽  
Islamic Business Ethics ◽  
Islamic Economic ◽  
Control Tool

ABSTRAKEtika bisnis menjadi alat kendali bagi setiap individu dalam aktivitas ekonomi. Sistem ekonomi islam telah muncul jauh sebelum sistem ekonomi kapitalis, sosialis maupun sistem ekonomi pancasila berada. Namun dalam hal ini sebagian besar masyarakat telah banyak menganut sistem ekonomi kapitalis dan sosialis, dimana kurangnya kesejahteraan bersama sehingga keuntungan hanya dirasakan oleh penguasa saja. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melakukan studi komparatif terhadap sistem ekonomi islam, sehingga diharapkan dapat terus berkembang bagi kemaslahatan seluruh umat Islam. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu metode deskriptif kualitatif dengan memanfaatkan kajian dan studi literatur dari berbagai sumber. Hasil dan pembahasan menyatakan bahwa etika bisnis islam telah berkembang sejak zaman Nabi dan Rasul, jauh sebelum zaman modern muncul yang telah mengubah masyarakat untuk mengenal sistem ekonomi kapitalis, sosialis maupun sistem ekonomi pancasila. Maka secara filosofis sistem ekonomi islam bersifat universal, kepemilikan harta dalam mutlak milik Allah Swt dan sistem ekonomi islam mengedepankan prinsip maslahat bagi seluruh umat di dunia.ABSTRACTBusiness ethics becomes a control tool for every individual in economic activity. The Islamic economic system has emerged long before the capitalist, socialist and Pancasila economic systems exist. However, in this case, most people have embraced a capitalist and socialist economic system, where there is a lack of shared welfare so that the benefits are only felt by the rulers. This study aims to conduct a comparative study of the Islamic economic system, so that it is expected to continue to develop for the benefit of all Muslims. The research method used is descriptive qualitative method by utilizing studies and literature studies from various sources. The results and discussion state that Islamic business ethics has developed since the time of the Prophet and the Apostle, long before modern times emerged which have changed society to recognize the capitalist, socialist and Pancasila economic system. So philosophically, the Islamic economic system is universal, ownership of property in absolute terms belongs to Allah and the Islamic economic system puts forward the principle of benefit for all people in the world.

scholarly journals Model of Determination of the Dynamical Stability of Economic Systems

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Elena Kostenko ◽  
Vitaly Kostenko ◽  
Volodymyr Kuznichenko ◽  
Volodymyr Lapshyn
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Potential Function ◽  
System Parameter ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Dynamic State ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
System A ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Base Data

<p>The article proposes an algorithm to qualitatively determine the dynamic state of an<br />economic system. The base data for the algorithm are the current values of the parameter that<br />describes the deviation of the system from equilibrium. The method of phase planes is<br />partially used. The interpolation of the statistical data of the system parameter as a function of<br />time, as well as the parametric definition of the forces that act on the system, allows for the<br />determination of its potential functions and points of equilibrium. The characteristics of the<br />points of equilibrium, namely their extrema type, determine the areas of the systems stability<br />and instability. The use of standard computer programs allows for the analytical and graphical<br />(by analysing the form of the potential function) determination of the dynamic stability of a<br />system, by looking at the current parameters of the system. A demonstration of the algorithm<br />is given in an example.</p>

scholarly journals Elementary Economic Systems in Material Agent Societies

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-68
Author(s):  
Antônio Carlos Rocha Costa
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Economic Behavior ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Economic Exchange ◽  
Agent Societies ◽  
System A ◽  
Economic Process

This paper formally characterizes the elementary economic systems of material agent societies, on the bases of the notions of (individual and group) elementary economic behavior, elementary economic exchange and elementary economic process. The equilibrium of an elementary economic system is defined in terms of the equilibrium of the set of group elementary economic processes that constitute such system. A case study illustrates the proposed concepts.

scholarly journals Neil Wilcock and Corina Scholz. Hartmut Elsenhans and a Critique of Capitalism. Conversations on Theory and Policy Implications. London, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, UK. 2016. xii+184 pages. €84.99 (Hard Bound).

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-244
Author(s):  
Durr-e-Nayab .
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
World War ◽  
The World ◽  
Second World ◽  
Political Realm

After the Second World War, the world was practically divided into two competing economic systems, capitalism and socialism. This ideological competition extended to the socio-political realm, and became the basis of the cold wars from the late 1940s to early 1990s. The events in Russia in the early to mid-20th century presented socialism as a real contender, if not a complete alternative to capitalism. With its increasing influence in many countries, not just in Russia’s neighbourhood but also in the continents far across, socialism emerged as the dominant thought, leading to what became to be referred to as the socialist bloc. But then came the collapse of the USSR in early 1990s and the whole socialist thought came to be questioned. In socialist China, introduction of reforms with a capitalist bent further questioned the practicability and success of socialism, while reforms in the Indian economic system encouraged the proponents of capitalism to declare victory. Adoption of capitalist ideals by purely or quasi-socialist countries stamped the superiority of capitalism.

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