Michael H. Lessnoff, Reader in Politics, University of Glasgow, UK

'Lessnoff's book is recommended to all who are seeking a short and carefully constructed tour guide into Weber's remarkable piece of intellectual history.'

• What the Weber thesis is, and what it is not; the pre-Reformation background; Weber's primary Protestant ethic - the work ethic; Weber's secondary Protestant ethic - the profit ethic; the Westminster Assembly's "Shorter Catechism" and its sources; the spirit of capitalism and the Protestant ethic; postscript on the modern world. Appendices: the Glasgow city motto - an epitome of the Weber thesis?; list of Protestant catechisms that discuss the Decalogue's commandment against stealing.

Michael H. Lessnoff, Reader in Politics, University of Glasgow, UK

'Lessnoff's book is recommended to all who are seeking a short and carefully constructed tour guide into Weber's remarkable piece of intellectual history.'

• What the Weber thesis is, and what it is not; the pre-Reformation background; Weber's primary Protestant ethic - the work ethic; Weber's secondary Protestant ethic - the profit ethic; the Westminster Assembly's "Shorter Catechism" and its sources; the spirit of capitalism and the Protestant ethic; postscript on the modern world. Appendices: the Glasgow city motto - an epitome of the Weber thesis?; list of Protestant catechisms that discuss the Decalogue's commandment against stealing.

Michael H. Lessnoff, Reader in Politics, University of Glasgow, UK

'Lessnoff's book is recommended to all who are seeking a short and carefully constructed tour guide into Weber's remarkable piece of intellectual history.'

• What the Weber thesis is, and what it is not; the pre-Reformation background; Weber's primary Protestant ethic - the work ethic; Weber's secondary Protestant ethic - the profit ethic; the Westminster Assembly's "Shorter Catechism" and its sources; the spirit of capitalism and the Protestant ethic; postscript on the modern world. Appendices: the Glasgow city motto - an epitome of the Weber thesis?; list of Protestant catechisms that discuss the Decalogue's commandment against stealing.