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English The author considers in some detail two particular facets of the rational choice approach to religion associated with Rodney Stark and his followers and then discusses the extent to which the general principles of economic rationality can be applied to religion. He argues that an interest in "religious markets" is largely pointless because the characteristics necessary for rational choice (in the economistic sense) are absent when the goods in question are religious. French L'auteur se propose d'analyser de façon assez détaillée deux facettes particuliè res de l'approche de la religion selon la théorie du choix rationnel telle qu'elle est traitée par Rodney Stark et ses émules, et de discuter ensuite dans quelle mesure les principes généraux de la rationalité économique peuvent s'appliquer à la religion. Il soutient qu'un intérêt pour les "marches de la religion'' est largement dépourvu de sens dans la mesure où les caractéristiques nécessaires à la rationalité des choix (au sens économiciste du terme) sont absentes lorsque les biens en question sont de l'ordre du religieux.

This article reviews the history of the various political parties associated with the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) & the Ulster Defence Assoc (UDA): the two main loyalist or Protestant terrorist organizations in Northern Ireland. In the 1970s & 1980s, the UDA was more successful than the UVF in establishing a political presence, partly because it had the more distinct political philosophy & partly because its political leaders were able to distance themselves from the organization's terror campaign. However, since the ceasefires of 1994, fortunes have been reversed. The UVF's political party has been more successful; partly because it has managed to create the more distinct political position & partly because the new climate made close association with terrorism something of a political advantage. Adapted from the source document.