The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Max Weber

Table of contents from the 1958 Scribner's edition, with section titles added by Talcott Parsons:

• Part 1. The Problem

  I. Religious Affiliation and Social Stratification

  II. The Spirit of Capitalism

  III. Luther's Conception of the Calling. Task of the Investigation.

• Part 2. The Practical Ethics of the Ascetic Branches of Protestantism.

  IV. The Religious Foundations of Worldly Asceticism

  A. Calvinism

  Predestination; Elimination of Magic; Rationalization of the World; Certainty of Salvation; Lutheranism vs. Calvinism; Catholicism vs. Calvinism; Monasticism vs. Puritanism; Methodical Ethic; Idea of Proof.

  B. Pietism

  Emotionalism; Spener; Francke; Zinzendorf; German Pietism.

  C. Methodism

  D. The Baptism Sects

  Baptist and Quaker; Sect Principle; Inner Worldly Asceticism; Transformation of the World.

  V. Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism

  Richard Baxter; Meaning of Work; Justification of Profit; Jewish vs. Puritan Capitalism; Puritanism and Culture; Saving and Capital; Paradox of Asceticism and Rich; Serving Both Worlds; Citizenry Capitalistic Ethic; Iron Cage of Capitalism.