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force for change
Weber
o Religion provides people with a source of meaning - explains the
world
o As people act on the basis of the meanings they hold, religion can
be a force for social change as well reinforcing & justifying social &
economic inequality
o Weber examined the reasons for the development of capitalism in
W.Europe from the C16th
o He asked why Capitalism developed there & then - why not somewhere
else at a different time?
o His historical analysis of other societies concluded that although
most of the ingredients for Capitalism existed in other societies at
other times
o One element missing that was present from C16th in W.Europe, was a
set of ideas that fitted the ideas of capitalism - rationality, profit
motive, a work ethic, a free workforce etc.
o This was provided in C16th in W.Europe by the rise of an alternative
form of Christianity to Catholicism, Calvinism
o According to Weber, capitalism needed:
- A hard-working workforce
- A disciplined work
- Rational economic organisation
- Adherence to the profit motive
- Savings/investment
o Weber challenged Marx's claim that religion reflects the economic
base
o Instead it can change the economic base
Criticisms
o Protestantism pre-dated the development of capitalism - early forms
of capitalism soon to have occurred in pre-Protestant Europe
o Using the new religion as a justification of their demands, not as a
cause of capitalism
Feminism
There'll never be gender equality in church as long as God is thought
to be male.
Key concept: Patriarchy