FOREWORD 1
AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION 13
PART Ⅰ THE PROBLEM 35
Ⅰ．RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION 35
Ⅱ．THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM 47
Ⅲ．LUTHER'S CONCEPTION OF THE CALLING.TASK OF THE INVESTIGATION 79
PART Ⅱ THE PRACTICAL ETHICS OF THE ASCETIC BRANCHES OF PROTESTANTISM 95
Ⅳ．THE RELIGIOUS FOUNDATIONS OF WORLDLY ASCETICISM 95
A．Calvinism 98
B．Pietism 128
C．Methodism 139
D．The Baptist Sects 144
Ⅴ．ASCETICISM AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM 155
NOTES 185
INDEX 285