User:Go Ji Spring 2008

Theory of religious economy

 * 1) Objective I propose to expand on the key concepts of monopoly and the free market and how they relate to religious economy.
 * 2) Interest This is interesting because we don't normally think of religeon as businesses  essentially competing for customers when that is exactly what they need in order to survive.
 * 3) Background reading I will read wikipedia, text book and other basic sociology texts on the following topics: network recruitment principle, cosmopolitan growth principle, principle of dense origins, exchange theory, law of conformity, church-sect theory, cult formation
 * 4) I will also find scholarly research on the general issue of (for example, ideology and charisma). Posting links here.
 * 5) I will find popular press discussions of my topic.  Perhaps Wikipedia articles, blog entrys, newspaper and magazine stories, etc.
 * 6) General Plan I plan to do research and post my conclusions as it pertains to religeous economy.