(Państwowa Szkoła Wyższa im. Papieża Jana Pawła II w Białej Podlaskiej, 2017)
Romanowicz, Wiesław
Subject and purpose of work: This work presents an economic theory of religion. Its aim is to gain
insight into one of the modern concepts of religion in the perspective of secularisation.
Materials and methods: While describing the essence of this theory, apart from personal views, also
other opinions of contemporary sociologists of religion were used.
Results: This study highlighted the fact that the presented concept has a diverse range of references and
interprets religion in a specific way. It is a concept competing against the secularisation thesis, and its
essence is in direct application of the rational choice theory and exchange theory.
Conclusions: Approaching religion only through the formula of supply, significantly reduces the field of
interpretation and does not explain all the mechanisms of religious changes in the contemporary world.