THE NEW CONSERVATIVE ETHIC AND THE GLOBAL CAPITALISM
THE NEW CONSERVATIVE ETHIC AND THE GLOBAL CAPITALISM
Author(s): Nikola SamardžićSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Centar za empirijska istraživanja religije (CEIR)
Keywords: Globalism; Capitalism; Calvinism; Neoconservative Era; Evangelical Ethics; Oil Dependency; National Security; Postmodern Policy; “Georeligious” Reality; “American Creed”
Summary/Abstract: In a series of essays, from 1904, that led to his still essential The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Max Weber argued that certain Protestant moral values, particularly in Calvinism, lead to the rise of capitalism. John Calvin emphasized predestination but thought that economic success and religious faith provided signals that a person had been chosen for salvation. Calvinism regarded money as a sort of necessary evil, and an important principle of Calvinism was that a person should strive to glorify God in everything, including his vocation. A new religious ethic, as a root of modern world, including religious tolerance, gave path to a new economic system. Weber thought that the religious underpinnings of individual productivity were replaced later by secular institutions and differences in religion no longer mattered much for economic outcomes at that stage.
Journal: Religija i tolerancija
- Issue Year: 7/2009
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 45-56
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English