Religion and the Rise of Capitalism: A Historical StudyPenguin Books, 1926 - 339 páginas In one of the true classics of twentieth-century political economy, R. H. Tawney addresses the question of how religion has affected social and economic practices. He tracks the influence of religious thought on capitalist economy and ideology since the Middle Ages, shedding light on the question of why Christianity continues to exert a unique role in the marketplace. In so doing, the book offers an incisive analysis of the morals and mores of contemporary Western culture. "Religion and the Rise of Capitalism" is more pertinent now than ever, as today the dividing line between the spheres of religion and secular business is shifting, blending ethical considerations with the motivations of the marketplace. |
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Religion and the Rise of Capitalism: A Historical Study Richard Henry Tawney Vista de fragmentos - 1943 |
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism: A Historical Study Richard Henry Tawney Vista de fragmentos - 1958 |
Términos y frases comunes
Antwerp appears appetites authorities avarice Baxter bishop bourgeoisie Calvin Calvinist canon law capital capitalist casuistry chap charity Christ Christian Church City civilization classes commercial common conception conscience Council covetousness denounced discipline divines doctrine duty ecclesiastical courts economic ethics economic interests enclosure England English enterprise expediency extortion Fuggers G. G. Coulton Geneva gild Government History human Ibid individual industry labour land later less loans London Lord Luther matter medieval ment merchants merely Middle Ages modern money-lender Monts de Piété moral movement natural neighbours oppression organization Parliament peasants political poor practical profits Protestant Puritan questions quoted R. H. TAWNEY Reformation regarded religion revolution rich rule secular seqq sermon seventeenth century sixteenth century social ethics social theory society soul spirit Star Chamber Summa Tawney teaching things thought tion trade traditional transactions Tudor usurer usury virtues wealth wrote
Pasajes populares
Página 167 - And, hark what discord follows! each thing meets In mere oppugnancy: the bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores And make a sop of all this solid globe: Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead: Force should be right; or rather, right and wrong, Between whose endless jar justice resides, Should lose their names, and so should justice too.
Página 200 - Now, as I said, the way to the celestial city lies just through this town where this lusty fair is kept ; and he that will go to the city, and yet not go through this town, must needs go out of the world.
Página 243 - To neglect this and say: I will pray and meditate, is as if your servant should refuse your greatest work and tye himself to some lesser easier part. And God hath commanded you some way or other to labour for your daily bread and not to live as drones of the sweat of others only.
Página 226 - The capitalist spirit" is as old as history, and was not, as has sometimes been said, the offspring of Puritanism. But it found in certain aspects of later Puritanism a tonic which braced its energies and fortified its already vigorous temper.
Página 150 - We heartily pray thee, to send thy holy Spirit into the hearts of them that possess the grounds, pastures, and dwelling places of the earth, that they remembering themselves to be thy tenants, may not rack and stretch out the rents of their houses and lands, nor yet take unreasonable fines and incomes after the manner of covetous worldlings...
Página 150 - ... but seeking one to come; that they, remembering the short continuance of their life, may be content with that that is sufficient, and not join house to house, nor couple land to land, to the impoverishment of other, but so behave themselves in letting out their tenements, lands, and pastures, that after this life they may be received into everlasting dwelling places : through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Página 240 - ... at the day of doom men shall be judged according to their fruits : it will not be said then, " Did you believe ? " but " Were you Doers, or Talkers only ? " and accordingly shall they be judged.
Página 22 - Society, like the human body, is an organism composed of different members. Each member has its own function, prayer, or defence, or merchandise, or tilling the soil. Each must receive the means suited to its station, and must claim no more.
Página 228 - One beam in a dark place hath exceeding much refreshment in it : — blessed be His Name for shining upon so dark a heart as mine ! You know what my manner of life hath been.
Página 284 - ... of the truism that, since even quite common men have souls, no increase in material wealth will compensate them for arrangements which insult their selfrespect and impair their freedom. A reasonable estimate of economic organisation...
Referencias a este libro
Shaping Technology / Building Society: Studies in Sociotechnical Change Wiebe E. Bijker,John Law Vista previa limitada - 1994 |
Social Capitalism: A Study of Christian Democracy and the Welfare State Kees van Kersbergen Sin vista previa disponible - 1995 |