Written in 1905, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber argues that certain aspects of Protestantism, particularly the belief in a calling and predestination, fostered a ...

Specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart; this nullity imagines that it has attained a level of civilization never before achieved.” That eloquent and desolate line comes near the very ...

Protestantism, capitalism, and nature. Beauty and wonder, dominion and stewardship. Capitalists and militants, rationalists and ascetics -- Protestants, capitalists, and nature. God, nature, and the ...

The question of the relationship between religion and economics has long fascinated—and divided—scholars. In the early 20th century, Max Weber helped to found the modern field of sociology with his ...

Capitalism, it’s usually assumed, flowered around the same time as the Enlightenment — the 18th century — and, like the Enlightenment, entailed a diminution of organized religion. In fact, the ...