Creencias religiosas y conducta economica de los practicantes religiosos del corregimiento Reyes campo dos Tibú.

Abstract

This study describes the impact of religious beliefs on the economic conduct of practitioners of the Iglesia Catolica, the Iglesias Pentecostal Unida of Colombia, the Movimiento Mundial Misionero and the Iglesia Universal de Israel, through qualitative research under the research design of grounded theory with a transverse scope; Three techniques were used for this purpose, the semi-structured interview, the non-participating observation and the focal group, in turn two types of samples were used, one theoretical or conceptual which was two practitioners from each of the four religions mentioned and an expert sample composed of a theologian, an economist theologian, an economic psychologist and an economist. In this way the results were obtained that the four investigated religions teach to manage economic resources, however, each practitioner is autonomous from making their economic decisions, as well as the economic contribution they make is totally voluntary and is a way of thanking you for the favors you received. The most relevant conclusion is that the impact of religious beliefs on economic behavior depends on four factors, the type of religiosity, previous experiences, the perception of religion versus the economic issue and the level of education.