1st Edition

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

Edited By R.H. Tawney Copyright 1998
384 Pages
by Routledge

384 Pages
by Routledge

337 Pages
by Routledge

In one of the truly great classics of twentieth-century political economy, R. H. Tawney addresses the question of how religion has affected social and economic practices. He does this by a relentless tracking of the influence of religious thought on capitalist economy and ideology since the Middle Ages. In so doing he sheds light on why Christianity continues to exert a unique role in the... Read more
INTRODUCTION I. THE MEDIEVAL BACKGROUND II. THE CONTINENTAL REFORMERS III. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IV. THE PURITAN MOVEMENT V. CONCLUSION

Biography

Tawney, R.H.