@inbook{d550ccccbd0d4e698b68208c664ce401,
title = "Introduction",
abstract = "Why are Protestant societies more competitive and less corrupt than Roman Catholic ones? This book explains the hegemonic and emancipatory religious forces contributing to these disparities between 65 countries in Europe and the Americas. It argues that the uneven contributions of Roman Catholicism and Protestantism to prosperity are grounded in their different historical and institutional foundations and in the theologies that are pervasive in their countries of influence. This introduction establishes the historical context of the controversy and includes the aims, contributions, and shortcomings of this study.",
keywords = "Church-State relations, Competitiveness, Corruption, Europe and the Americas, Prosperity, Protestant Reformation, Religion, Roman Catholicism",
author = "{Garc{\'i}a Portilla}, Jason",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s).",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-78498-0_1",
language = "English",
series = "Contributions to Economics",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "3--12",
booktitle = "Contributions to Economics",
address = "Germany",
}