Summary Of The Protestant Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism By Charles Teel

The book that is being reviewed by Charles Teel is Max’s Weber’s “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.” The significance of this book as Charles Teel says it “contends that the Protestant Reformation provided a nest in which capitalism could flourish.” Weber’s thesis is that Protestantism's challenges Catholicism of changing one's views towards the world of how people’s work ethic has changed with the Protestant Reformation. To begin, Weber sees Protestantism’s challenge towards Catholicism of Church is by Martin Luther’s doctrine of calling and vocation that “this demands that believers act out their religion through work in the world.” Second, Weber sees Protestantism’s challenge towards Catholicism of work is by Calvin's doctrine