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Spring 2005

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 20, Number 2

Categories: Spring 2005 | Religion and Economics

Religious Freedom and Economic Progress: A Philosophical and Empirical Exploration

Mack Ott, Integrum International LLC

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ReligiousFreedomandEconomicProgress:APhilosophicalandEmpiricalExplorationMackOttIntegrumInternationalLLCGointotheRoyalExchangeinLondon,aplacemorerespectablethanmanycourts;thereyouwillseetherepresentativesofallnationsassembledforthebenefitofmankind.TheretheJew,theMahometan,andtheChristiantransactbusinesstogether,asthoughtheywereallofthesamereligion,andgivethenameofinfidelsonlytobankrupts;therethePresbyterianconfidesintheAnabaptist,andtheAnglicandependsupontheQuaker=swordY.IftherewereonlyonereligioninEngland,therewouldbefearofdespotism;iftherewerebuttwo,thepeoplewouldcutoneanother=sthroats;buttherearethirty,andtheyalllivehappyandinpeace.CVoltaire,APhilosophicalLettersCOnthePresbyterians@Thispaperaddressestheconflictbetweenfreedomandreligionunseparatedfromgovernment.Thefollowingsectionbrieflyexploresthehistoryandsomephilosophyofseparationofreligionandgovernance,andthensummarizesoneviewoffeministrevisionisminIslam.Thequantitativesectionevaluatestheeffectivenessofreligiousdiversityasameanstobothseparatereligionfromstateand,morebroadly,toensureeconomicandcivilfreedom.Moreparticularly,theconnectionbetweenreligiousdiversityandwomen=saccesstoschooling,equityinlaborforceparticipationandliteracyaretested.Philosophicalissuesbetweenreligion,thelawandeconomicdevelopment

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Title	Religious Freedom and Economic Progress: A Philosophical and Empirical Exploration
Authors/Creators:	Mack Ott, Integrum International LLC
Year:	2005
Volume:	20
Number:	2
Pages:	68 - 96
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Economic development, Law, Religious Freedom, Islam, Legislation, Government policy, Freedom, Standard of living

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Ott, Mack / 2005. "Religious Freedom and Economic Progress: A Philosophical and Empirical Exploration." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 20(2): 68-96.