Work and pray (Mormon's work ethic in teachings of the Presidents of their Church)

• Main Author: Katerina Elbakyan
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Ukrainian Association of Researchers of Religion (UARR) 2016-08-01
• Series: Українське Pелігієзнавство
• Online Access: https://uars.info/index.php/uars/article/view/674

"I believe in the principle of faith and works, and that the Lord will more abundantly bless a man who realizes everything he prays, and not the one who only prays." These words belong to the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ezra Taft Benson. Economic and labor ethics is an important component of the moral foundations of society. The historical evolution of different modes of production, trade, exchange, etc. is deeply connected with the history of religions. All the national and world religions engaged not only in spiritual and moral issues, but also directly interfered in the daily economic and economic activities of people, forming in them a certain type of socio-economic thinking, authorizing the divine authority of property, property, a certain type of property relations of people, blessing some economic activities and negatively related to others.