Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
1st Edition
Published on 3. September 2023
354 pages
978-3-98826-810-5 (ISBN)
Description
Tawney investigates the way religion has moulded social and economic practice. He tracks the influence of religious thought on capitalist economy and ideology since the Middle Ages, shedding light on the question of why Christianity continues to exert a unique role in the marketplace.
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Content
- Intro
- Religion
- INTRODUCTION
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I THE MEDIEVAL BACKGROUND
- I. THE SOCIAL ORGANISM
- II. THE SIN OF AVARICE
- III. THE IDEAL AND THE REALITY
- CHAPTER II THE CONTINENTAL REFORMERS
- I. THE ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
- II. LUTHER
- III. CALVIN
- CHAPTER III THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
- I. THE LAND QUESTION
- II. RELIGIOUS THEORY AND SOCIAL POLICY
- III. THE GROWTH OF INDIVIDUALISM
- CHAPTER IV THE PURITAN MOVEMENT
- I. PURITANISM AND SOCIETY
- II. A GODLY DISCIPLINE versus THE RELIGION OF TRADE
- III. THE TRIUMPH OF THE ECONOMIC VIRTUES
- IV. THE NEW MEDICINE FOR POVERTY
- CHAPTER V CONCLUSION
- NOTES
