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The religious component of human resources

Summary/Abstract: The study based on Rational Choice Theory demonstrates that the religious component of human resources in Hungary must be understood through the lens of ancient and medieval conditions that shaped it. In polytheistic societies, belief in specific deities can be linked to the knowledge-sociological interests of certain professions or regional groups. The major spheres of the medieval European religious market – Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Islam – gradually displaced nature-based religions, leading to increased productivity across regions. In Central Europe, the victorious Catholicism influenced civil servants in differentiated ways. According to Weber’s Protestant ethic, the development of Calvinist regions and communities would be expected, yet many argue that Central Europe contradicts this assumption. The study attempts to resolve this contradiction by contrasting religion change driven by “social causes” with that driven by “international causes.”

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