FOREWORD

AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION

PART Ⅰ THE PROBLEM

Ⅰ．RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

Ⅱ．THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM

Ⅲ．LUTHER'S CONCEPTION OF THE CALLING.TASK OF THE INVESTIGATION

PART Ⅱ THE PRACTICAL ETHICS OF THE ASCETIC BRANCHES OF PROTESTANTISM

Ⅳ．THE RELIGIOUS FOUNDATIONS OF WORLDLY ASCETICISM

A．Calvinism

B．Pietism

C．Methodism

D．The Baptist Sects

Ⅴ．ASCETICISM AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM

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