Christian discipleship affects household income

Social Sciences The ‘Protestant Work Ethic’ Really Does Fight Poverty How Christian discipleship affects household income. Lincoln Lau and Bruce Wydick

Before World War I, German sociologist Max Weber famously linked the work ethic of Protestant Christians to the economic development of Europe. The “spirit of capitalism,” he argued, was sparked by Martin Luther’s emphasis on calling and his argument that “worldly” labor was no less holy than the ascetic “spiritual” practices of monks and priests. Puritans and other Calvinists, he said, later recast that labor as an ascetic practice itself—working was ...

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