The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Religious scholars point out that the Protestant “work ethic” is more than a blind obsession with work. It is paired with thrift, self-discipline, and humility.
Paul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
A certain ‘pathos’ does emerge from these stories, which suggests something amiss in parish life. The problem can be traced back to the decline of the role of the landed elite, which began as early as the 1500s. In The Agrarian Problem in the 16th Century (1912), R.H. Tawney argued that Tudor landowners changed the terms of paternalistic governance... See more
