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"Economy as Religion"

Hellestveit, Anders
Master thesis
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2014
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Abstract
Comparing economy to religion is a fairly common phenomenon when used as a rhetorical

tool, but can it also be used analytically? This thesis is based on a sociological reading of

three books by Robert Nelson, who defines the field of economics as a set of theologies for

secular religions in modern society. Using the phenomenological sociology of Thomas

Luckmann, it seeks to expand on the ideas of Nelson and identify their sociological utility. It

finds that understanding economy as religion gives valuable insight into the relationships of

science, ideology and morality to economy. It provides an outside perspective on economy in

a world where subjective economic definitions of reality are accepted in the mainstream as

objective truth.
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