The Reformation
Subtitle: as a pre-condition for modern capitalism
By: edited by Jürgen Backhaus
Contributors: Backhaus, Jürgen G., 1950-
Series: Wirtschaft : Forschung und Wissenschaft -- Bd. 30; Wirtschaft (Lit (Firm)) -- Bd. 30.
Publisher: Lit
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9783643107374
Subjects: Reformation; Congresses; Capitalism; Christianity; History
Notes: "Essays originally discussed at the 18th annual Heilbronn Symposion in Economics and the Social Sciences, June 16-19, 2005" -- p. 11.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Jürgen Backhaus; title: Martin Luther : a modernist economist  -- Helge Peukert; title: Calvin on economics and politics : the Reformation and its impact with respect to Calvin  -- Gerrit Meijer; title: Work and ethics in economic thought during the Reformation  -- Hans Frambach; title: Religious conviction, Protestant work ethic, and economic behavior : a review of the contributions by Reginald Hansen and Hans Frambach  -- Enrico Schöbel; title: The Reformation in Eugen Dühring's perspectives  -- James Gay; title: Division of labour and rent seeking in moral enforcement : the case of confession  -- Benito Arruñada; title: The different work ethics of Protestants and Catholics : an econometric analysis  -- Benito Arruñada; title: The economic impact of the Reformation in the light of different concepts : economic spirit, economic system, and style (Weber, Sombart, Müller-Armack)  -- Günther Chaloupek; title: Gunther Chaloupek's "The economic impact of the Reformation in the light of different concepts : economic spirit, economic system, and style (Weber, Sombart, Müller-Armack)" : a comment  -- Ringa Raudla; title: Capitalism, Protestantism, and democracy : explorations into Max Weber's economic and political sociology  -- Alexander Ebner; title: Erik Reinert's "The Reformation and Seckendorf" : a comment  -- Hans Frambach; title: Episodes from the life of Georg Anton Veth -- Hans Esser.