Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/280557 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
AEI Economics Working Paper No. 2017-04
Publisher: 
American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
Barro and McCleary interpret the lowering of saint-making criteria combined with a geographic broadening of candidates as an intentional effort on the part of the Catholic Church hierarchy to universalize its relevance. More specifically, the Catholic Church - the world's longest-lasting corporate enterprise - is trying hard to maintain its powerful worldwide position by competing more effectively against Evangelical Protestantism.
Subjects: 
competition
catholicism
faith
protestant
JEL: 
A
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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