Religious Markets Under Heavy Regulation

Diversification as a Survival Strategy of the Catholic Church in Communist Countries

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2288255
AutoresP Minarik (0000-0002-3913-2006, Department of Economics and Management J. E. Purkyně University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen61
Número2
Páginas433-449
Fecha de publicación2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jssr.12790
OpenAlexW4224291587
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas47

The operation of a religious organization under an oppressive regime, such as in communist countries, differs from that in a free society. There is extensive literature on the effects of regulation on competition in religious markets and on the religiosity of a population. Less attention has been given to the effects of oppressive regulation that aims to control and possibly eliminate religion rather than to promote a particular religious group. This paper focuses on the specific question of how churches deal with oppressive regulation, particularly how they choose between legal and illegal operation. It proposes that both the official and the black-market way of supplying religious services have some advantages and disadvantages, and that dual operation is advantageous where the regulation is severe. The paper examines the operation of the Catholic Church in Central European countries under communist rule, particularly Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, and Ukraine, and the different strategies adopted by the Church concerning official and underground operation

Biology · Business · Christianity · Communism · Communist state · Competition (biology) · Diversification (marketing strategy) · Dual (grammatical number) · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Religiosity · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies