Economic Development Effects of Church Revivals in Africa
Often times when development experts propose solutions to the problems of underdevelopment and poverty, the solutions are tilted towards addressing the effects of underdevelopment such as high unemployment, hunger, low literacy rate, prevalence of communicable diseases, and other low quality of life parameters. There are fewer empirical investigations into the causes of underdevelopment and poverty across developing countries. For instance, there is a need to intricately decipher the role that traditions, cultural values, norms, beliefs, and religious inclinations play in development. This is because non-economic factors could be either great contributors to or deterrents of development. Within the Weberian framework of economic development, religious affiliations to Protestantism and Protestant ethics were observed to be stimulants of the entrepreneurial spirit. In turn, the entrepreneurial spirit significantly contributed to industrial development. Notably, most r