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== The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism ==

== The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism ==

''See also'': [[The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism]] and [[Protestant cultural legacies]]

''See also'': ''[[Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism]]'' and [[Protestant cultural legacies]]

[[The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism]] is a highly influential 1905 book by sociologist [[Max Weber]].  The ethic consists of hard work, disdain for leisure, competitive spirit and a profit motive to provide an incentive to achieve.  

''[[Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism]]'' is a highly influential 1905 book by sociologist [[Max Weber]].  The ethic consists of hard work, disdain for leisure, competitive spirit and a profit motive to provide an incentive to achieve.  

Despite being an [[Atheism|atheist]], [[Harvard University]] historian [[Niall Ferguson]] declared: "Through a mixture of hard work and thrift the [[Protestantism|Protestant]] societies of the North and West Atlantic achieved the most rapid economic growth in history."<ref>[http://blog.tifwe.org/the-protestant-work-ethic-alive-well-in-china/ The Protestant Work Ethic: Alive & Well…In China] By Hugh Whelchel on September 24, 2012</ref>  

Despite being an [[Atheism|atheist]], [[Harvard University]] historian [[Niall Ferguson]] declared: "Through a mixture of hard work and thrift the [[Protestantism|Protestant]] societies of the North and West Atlantic achieved the most rapid economic growth in history."<ref>[http://blog.tifwe.org/the-protestant-work-ethic-alive-well-in-china/ The Protestant Work Ethic: Alive & Well…In China] By Hugh Whelchel on September 24, 2012</ref>

== Four definitions of work==

== Four definitions of work==