Title: The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism /
Authors: Weber, Max, 1864-1920.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Capitalism Religious aspects Christianity; Christian sociology.; Christian ethics.; Protestant work ethic.
Abstract: Weber's thesis is that the Protestant ethic made possible and encouraged the development of capitalism in the West. This significant work remains a major contribution in the debate on the social effects of advanced capitalism.
Contents: Introduction / by Anthony Giddens -- Translator's preface -- Author's introduction -- Part I: The problem -- Religious affiliation and social stratification -- The spirit of capitalism -- Luther's conception of the calling: task of the investigation -- Part II: The practical ethics of the ascetic branches of Protestantism -- The religious foundations of worldly asceticism -- Calvinism -- Pietism -- Methodism -- The Baptist sects -- Asceticism and the spirit of capitalism.