The Analysis Of The Religious Influence On The Religious Transnational Corporations In The Transnational Political And Economic Interactions

This paper aims at researching the influence of the religions on the religious transnational corporations with the international relations effects of such a phenomenon.At first, the paper elaborates the justification of the relations between religion and transnational corporations, explains the definition of the religious transnational corporations, and puts forward three levels to look into the religious influence on this kind of transnational corporations, which are values, organizational structures and social institutions.Then, the paper selects Mormon transnational corporations exampled by Deseret Management Corporation and Islamic transnational corporations exampled by Kombassan Corporation to analyze the mechanism of religious influence with the framework mentioned before. On the basis of respective studies, the paper compares the Mormon and Islamic cases only to find that the Mormon influence on companies can be regarded as a model of’the Church in the Enterprises’ and the Islamic influence as a model of’the Enterprise in the Church’. Such a variation between the two models are decided by the difference in the religions themselves, the constitutional institutions and the characteristics of markets, which represents the games between the logic of religion and the logic of state, or the games between the logic of religion and the logic of markets.Thirdly, the paper analyzes the international relations effects of the religious influence in shaping the religious transnational corporations. These effects include the appearance of a new track for the religions to effect the international relations, the reformation of the rules of the transnational political and economic interactions, the strengthening of the direct and indirect influence of the religion on international relations, and the promotion for the socialization of international relations.Finally, within the framework of’Believing China’, the transnational corporations of China can learn the experiences of these religious companies in searching and usage of the religious resources to develop the overseas interests of the enterprises. At the same time, the connection between the religions and companies raises new challenges for the religious policy and strategy of China.