Dalla chiesa al mondo: la relazione tra partecipazione religiosa e capitale sociale. Uno studio sulla realtà italiana

The economics of religion and the economics of development represent two autonomous and relevant branches ofthe literature, both built on traditional and heterodox assumptions. Since the emergence of the paradigm of humandevelopment (1990) and its theoretical-political evolution in terms of sustainable human development (2000), theyhave been characterized by contaminations and cross-fertilization. Overall, and considering their overlapping,intangible factors such as religion have a relevant role as resources and/or intrinsic goals of subjective, relational andcommunity welfare.