"Ye Shall Know Them by Their Fruits": A Mixed Methods Study on Corruption, Competitiveness, and Christianity in Europe and the Americas

Why are historically Catholic countries and regions generally more corrupt and less competitive than historically Protestant ones? How has institutionalization of religion influenced the prosperity of countries in Europe and the Americas?

This open access book addresses these critical questions by elucidating the hegemonic and emancipatory religious factors leading to these dissimilarities between countries. The book features up-to-date mixed methods from interdisciplinary research contrib...