One section will analyze the impact of 150 years of
missionary activity; a second section will analyze the economic consequences
of Pentecostal conversions in Brazil; a third section will focus on the
influence of revivalist Islam and Christianity in rural Malawi. The aim of the Spiritual Capital Research
Program is to catalyze the development of this interdisciplinary research
field, which may become a vital new field in the social sciences. Only in recent years have leading scholars,
including Nobel laureate economists Gary Becker and Robert Fogel and political
scientists John DiIulio and Robert Putnam, called renewed attention to the
effects of spiritual and religious practices, beliefs and institutions on
economics , politics and societies.
In addition to the three funded projects that are just beginning, the
Metanexus Institute has issued a new call for proposals for $150,000 research
grants for interdisciplinary studies on the economic and social consequences
of religion and spirituality. http://www.gorenaissance .com) and
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"Now seems an ideal time to understand and assess the public effects of
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throughout the world. A membership
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over 140,000 monthly page views and 7000 regular subscribers in 57 different
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The term "spiritual capital" refers to the economic and social
consequences of religion and spirituality.

Timur Kuran, Professor of Economics and Law and King Faisel Professor of
Islamic Thought and Culture at the University of Southern California: The Role
of Religion in the Economic Performance of Civilizations. Just 100 years ago Max Weber
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Spiritual Capital . It will also facilitate a broader
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PHILADELPHIA, Three distinguished scholars have
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