The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

by

Max Weber

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The Pilgrim’s Progress

Weber uses John Bunyan’s religious allegory, The Pilgrim’s Progress, to represent the selfish bent of Puritan theology. In the 1678 Puritan allegory, the main character, Christian, lives in the City of Destruction with his wife…

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