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A Pew Center study about Religion and Living arrangements around the world in 2019, found that Christians around the world live in somewhat smaller households, on average, than non-Christians (4.5 vs. 5.1 members). 34% of world's Christian population live in two parent families with minor children, while 29% live in household with extended ...
Wealth is the status of being the beneficiary or proprietor of a large accumulation of capital and economic power. Religion is a socio-cultural system that often involves belief in supernatural forces and may intend to provide a moral system or a meaning to life. As of 2015, Christians hold the largest share of global wealth, at around 55%. [2]
Religion can have long-lasting effects on a society and its economy. For instance, municipalities of Spain with a history of a stronger inquisitorial presence show lower economic performance and educational attainment today. [26] Similarly, Protestantism in Germany has long affected education and thus economic performance.
Economic ethics, an academic field which combines economics and ethics, including Christian ethics; Protestant work ethic, a Christian work ethic concept widely studied in sociology, economics, and history; Role of Christianity in civilization § Economic development, the impact of Christianity on economic development
[13] In order to remove the desire for wealth and material possessions as an obstacle to faith, some Christians have taken vows of poverty. Christianity has a long tradition of voluntary poverty which is manifested in the form of asceticism, charity and almsgiving. [14] Kahan argues that Christianity is unique because it sparked the beginning ...
The relationship between Christianity and politics is a historically complex subject and a frequent source of disagreement throughout the history of Christianity, as well as in modern politics between the Christian right and Christian left. There have been a wide variety of ways in which thinkers have conceived of this relationship, with many ...
Christianity had a significant impact on education and science and medicine as the church created the basis of the Western system of education, [62] and was the sponsor of founding universities in the Western world as the university is generally regarded as an institution that has its origin in the Medieval Christian setting.
Prior to the emergence of the theory of religious economy some scholars of religion, such as Steve Bruce, [3] believed that modernization would inevitably lead to the erosion of religiosity. These sociologists have predicted the disappearance of religion from Earth, based on the decline in religious belief and observance in Western Europe. [4]