![]() ![]() According to Marx the foundation (or substructure) of a culture is formed not by ideas or ideals, and certainly not by any religious convictions, but by the culture's dominant economic system. I hope to illustrate that point after I have related the story of the controversy and given some of the arguments that were presented for and against. And the issue continues to be of relevance, also for Christians living almost a century after Weber first proclaimed his thesis. ![]() Endless numbers of articles and shelves full of books were written analyzing the Weber thesis and supporting, rejecting, or modifying it.īy now the storm of controversy has pretty well spent itself. They included protestants and Roman Catholics, Calvinists and Lutherans, agnostics and unbelievers, as well socialists of various stripes, and advocates of both limited and unlimited free enterprise. ![]() It was joined by scholars representing different disciplines - such as history, sociology, economics, and theology - and different religious and ideological persuasions. The conclusions he reached in these essays, which he entitled "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism," aroused a controversy that raged for decades. ![]() In the early years of this century a German sociologist by the name of Max Weber wrote two essays on the relationship between religion and economic action. ![]()
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