Development Practice by Religions and Economic Development

An Overview of Development Scenario in Keralam

Abstract

Religion, economics, and development: do the three terms relate? Definitely, the last two are often discussed as inseparably linked, With the former, however, the initial response could be that of an unholy alliance between 'God and Mammon',J Usually, religion spoke about and presented a world beyond the realm of matter and economics, There had, of course, been people like Kumarappa, who spoke of an 'Economics of Permanence' in a very religious or spiritual sense, without losing the reality of economics, However, coming to practice, one finds, that just as religion touches almost all plains of life, including economics, economics does the same, perhaps, all the more, including the religious plane, This could manifest in modes on a continuum between the very subtle to the very gross