Protestant Ethic Theory

Another theorist that Weber refers to Richard Baxter. Richard Baxter was a “English Puritan church leader” (WIKIPEDIA, 2017), who believed that if God loves an individual or a group of people with faith, he will grant them with a good and wealthy life. This made people work extremely hard, in order to please God and ensure they were granted a wealthy and happy future. By going to a religious service each weekend, individuals will confess their sins, asking for forgiveness as well as asking for guidance and support from God, hoping they will receive an answer they are wanting. He relates to the Protestant Ethic which says, hard work is completed by serving God and that by glorifying God through hard work presents an individual with salvation. A salvation was a gift given to individuals, to

The Protestant Ethic was believed to be an element of success I included within the economic world by Weber. He believed that “God-given resources” (TEEB, 2017) should be used to an individual’s own uses, creating the belief that God was rewarding success.

The Protestant Ethic seen in Weber’s theory was known to be a factor of importance for economic success. Religious views of the Protestant Ethic, showed that during the time when the theory of capitalism was first introduced in the sixteenth century, where the “development of mercantilism, precursor of capitalism” was invented. The resources that were ‘given by God’ were used to each individual’s potential (TEoEB, 2008). People believed that the only way to gain a place in Heaven was to serve a good, working life however, many believed that even though they had done this, they would not gain a place. The Protestant Ethic is a form of Calvinism and Weber encouraged that the people who supported Calvinism should “reassure themselves” (Youtube, 2015) to ensure a life of wealth, through business. The growth of Capitalism