The Protestant ethic turns 100
Subtitle: essays on the centenary of the Weber thesis
By: edited by William H. Swatos, Jr. and Lutz Kaelber.
Contributors: Swatos, William H.; Kaelber, Lutz.
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781594510991; 9781594510984
Subjects: Weber, Max, -- 1864-1920; Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches; Religion and sociology; Christian ethics; Calvinism; Protestant work ethic
Other titles: Protestant ethic turns one hundred
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-226) and index.
Table of contents: title: Friends and foes : the formation and consolidation of the Protestant ethic thesis -- Hartmut Lehmann; title: Dimensions of the Protestant ethic -- Martin Riesebrodt; title: The Protestant ethic and the "spirit" of capitalism as grand narrative : Max Weber's philosophy of history -- Donald A. Nielsen; title: Remnants of romanticism : Max Weber in Oklahoma and Indian territory -- Lawrence A. Scaff; title: The contexts of the publication and reception of the Protestant ethic -- William H. Swatos, Jr., and Peter Kivisto; title: Rational capitalism, traditionalism, and adventure capitalism : new research on the Weber thesis -- Lutz Kaelber; title: The little divergence : the Protestant Reformation and economic hegemony in early modern Europe -- Philip S. Gorski; title: Utilizing Max Weber's "iron cage" to define the past, present, and future of the American political culture-- Stephen Kalberg.