Table of Contents

Introduction
1. THE PROTESTANT ETHIC AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM
Introduction to the Translation, Stephen Kalberg
Introduction to The Protestant Ethic, Stephen Kalberg
Endnotes:
Part I. The Problem
Chapter I. Religious Affiliation and Social Stratification
Chapter II. The "Spirit" of Capitalism
Chapter III. Luther's Conception of the Calling
The Task of the Investigation
Part II. The Vocational Ethic of Ascetic Protestantism
Chapter IV. The Religious Foundations of This-Worldly Asceticism
A. Calvinism
B. Pietism
C. Methodism
D. The Baptizing Sects and Churches
Chapter V. Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism
2. THE PROTESTANT SECTS IN AMERICA AND THE UNIQUENESS OF WESTERN RATIONALISM
Introduction, Stephen Kalberg
I. The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism
II. "Churches" and "Sects" in North America: An Ecclesiastical Sociopolitical Approach
III. Prefatory Remarks to Collected Essays in the Sociology of Religion (1920)
Appendix I. Weber's Summary Statements on "The Protestant Ethic Thesis"
A. The Development of the Capitalist Frame of Mind (1919-1920)
B. A Final Rebuttal to a Critic of "Spirit of Capitalism"
Appendix II. Reading The Protestant Ethic: The Text and the Endnotes
Appendix III. Suggested Further Reading
A. The Protestant Ethic Thesis and the Protestant Ethic Debate
B. Max Weber: Life and Work
Notes for The Protestant Ethic
Literature Cited
A. Writings of Max Weber
B. Secondary Literature Cited
Acknowledgments:
A Chronology of Max Weber's Life:
Glossary:
Name Index:
Subject Index:

About the Author

Stephen Kalberg is Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston University and an affiliate of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University.

Reviews

"Sociologists interested in Max Weber can count themselves fortunate these days with the recent appearance of the second revised edition of Stephen Kalberg's new translation of Weber's work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. . . . Those teaching upper division undergraduate and graduate courses in social theory or the sociology of religion will find this volume an ideal introduction to Weber's work and to the continuing controversies
surrounding his famous thesis. At $14.95 in paper-bound edition, it is more than worth the price."-- Donald A. Nielsen, State University of New York Oneota