THE RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF INNOVATIVE THINKING

The article is dedicated to the religious roots of innovative thinking. The paper presents the basic concepts of the phenomenon of religious thought and its outlet in the base of the religious systems of Judaism, Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Shinto and Confucianism, which has significance in certain lines of business and management. Religious thinking naturally affects the anthropological basis for the managerial position and the relationship of spirituality to the Western concept of science. Finally, it is necessary to deal with the concept of capitalism, spirit of capitalism, concept of the invisible hand in economics and contemporary religious features of capitalism itself, which in today's economic world plays an important role.