The term religious economy refers to
a. a theoretical framework within the sociology of religion that argues that religions can be fruitfully understood as organizations with a top-down management style.
b. a set of sociological theories focusing on the role that economics plays in the development of world religions.
c. the ways that religious institutions collect money, often through charity and tithes.
d. an approach that sees religions as organizations in competition with one another for followers.
Ans: d. an approach that sees religions as organizations in competition with one another for followers.
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