Using the general power paradigm—for which he has struggled to attain recognition—Fudulu examines the influence of various religious values and institutions on economic performance. He begins by setting out the model, both the general power perspective and the specific models for analyzing the consistency of religions with economic performance. Then he covers a short description of the Great Religions, consistency criteria, the economic consistency of the Great Religions and its evolution, and his general power theory of religion relative to other current theories.