The Profane and the Sacred people associate things as either profane or sacred. People approach what is sacred through rituals, religion, prayer, etc. Conflicts today result in determining whether something is sacred or profane. Different groups clash because one group treats something as profane that another group holds sacred. People burned what they thought of as profane, while the church members held the churches sacred.
All societies have a set of formal rules.
This University has a certain set of formal rules that all students must obey. Weber says that rules are good, but they can kill creativity and freedom of expression. Soup Nazi from Seinfeld Was a very rigid bureaucrat who would not let anyone have soup unless they followed a certain set of formal rules. Religion can transform thinking. Weber says that the Protestant Work Ethic is the basis for capitalism.