The sociologist Max Weber wrote ‘The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism,’ which has become a classic. Weber traced the development of the

The sociologist Max Weber wrote “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism,” which has become a classic. Weber traced the development of the modern economic system in northern Europe to the rise of the Protestant worldview.  He quotes John Wesley’s observation on a certain tension between the religion and economic growth: “I fear, wherever … Read more