Religion and economic action
Subtitle: a critique of Max Weber
By: Kurt Samuelsson ; translated from the Swedish by E. Geoffrey French ; edited and with an introd. by D.C. Coleman
Contributors: French, Geoffrey; Coleman, D. C. (Donald Cuthbert), 1920-
Series: Researches in the social, cultural and behavioral sciences; Researches in the social, cultural, and behavioral sciences; Christ and culture collection
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1964
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Copyright date: 1961
Subjects: Economics; Economic aspects; Christianity
Work titles: Ekonomi och religion
Notes: "Harper torchbooks: The academic library."

Translation of Ekonomi och religion.

Includes bibliography and index.
Table of contents: title: The problem and the controversy. Weber's hypotheses ; Their current influence ; The controversy ; The problem; title: The spirit of Puritanism and the spirit of capitalism. The Puritan fathers ; Secularisation and the ideological revolution ; Benjamin Franklin ; The captains of industry ; Summary; title: Virtue, interest and wealth. Diligence and thrift ; High and low interest rates; title: Correlations and concepts. Correlations and causality ; Protestantism and progress ; The free churches and economic prosperity ; Weber's starting point.