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Religion, Morality, and Economics: Insights from the Sikh Tradition

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  • Nirvikar Singh

    (Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA)

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This paper analyses the Sikh religious tradition in light of research on the connections between religion, morality, and economics. Sikhism provides a compact and well-documented example of the creation and evolution of a religious community, in which moral guidance is paramount, but interacts with material incentives and material conditions. The time scale of this case, and its geographic and conceptual location in juxtaposition to Hinduism and Islam, make Sikh tradition a useful additional data point for analyses of the relationship of religion, morality, and economics. At the same time, considering the Sikh tradition in these more general conceptual frameworks provides a clearer understanding of this specific case.

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  • Nirvikar Singh, 2022. "Religion, Morality, and Economics: Insights from the Sikh Tradition," Journal of Economics, Management and Religion (JEMAR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 3(02), pages 1-34, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jemarx:v:03:y:2022:i:02:n:s2737436x2250008x
    DOI: 10.1142/S2737436X2250008X
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    Keywords

    Religion; morality; economics; ethics; evolution; Sikhism;
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    JEL classification:

    • B55 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Social Economics
    • D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
    • Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion

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