Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Introduction vii Anthony Giddens Translator's Preface xxv Author's Introduction xxviii PART I The Problem 1(50) Religious Affiliation and Social Stratification 3(10) The Spirit of Capitalism 13(26) Luther's Conception of the Calling: Task of the Investigation 39(12) PART II The Practical Ethics of the Ascetic Branches of Protestantism 51(75) The Religious Foundations of Worldly Asceticism 53(73) Calvinism 56(24) Pietism 80(9) Methodism 89(3) The Baptist Sects 92(10) Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism 102(24) Notes 126(137) Index 263