Political Economy of Indo-European Polytheism

Acknowledgments.- Introduction: Polytheism and Economics.- Part I The Beginnings.- 2 Greeks and Romans: The Religions Without Professional Priests.- 3 Celts and Germans: The Elusive Religions.- 4 Indians and Iranians: The Priestly Religions.- Part II The Endings.- 5 Extinction: Polytheism Unreformed.- 6 Death and Rebirth: Polytheism Reformed.- Part III The Economics.- 7 Economic Analysis: From Typology to Outcomes.- 8 Economic Models: Gods, Supplicants, and Priests.- 9 Conclusions.- References.- Index.

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• História da religião
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Economics of religion;Transition from polytheism to monotheism;Hinduism and Zoroastrianism;Greco-Roman religion and its demise;Priesthood as a profession and as an interest group;Religion and political economy;Birth of monotheism;Political economy to polytheistic religion;Polytheistic theology as a rational choice problem