SOC201H1 Lecture : Weber and Religion
Document Summary
Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism (1904-05: christian europe, martin luther, calvinism & predestination, weber on the protestant ethic. The church was a powerful presence when it came to learning, work, architecture. Justice and rules in the economy were infused by religion. Held church up to standard of catholicism. Believe that roman church was not sufficiently christian. Not so much the beliefs but the institution of those beliefs. Certain sin can be cleared through money in god s eyes. War in germany over who was right and in the meantime, varieties of protestantism spread. What matters is not one s relation to the institution and not the final say in whether one is a. Key idea: for luther, salvation was possible outside of the roman catholic church. Some of these political leaders sided with luther, some sided with the church. Poverty and humility with the actual power and worldliness of the church.
