History of Christianity Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text===Church, state and society=== Revolution broke the power of the Old World aristocracy, offered hope to the disenfranchised, and enabled the middle class to reap the economic benefits of the [[Industrial Revolution]].{{sfn|Matthews|Platt|1992|p=461}} Scholars have since identified a positive correlation between the rise of Protestantism and [[human capital]] formation,{{sfn|Boppart|Falkinger|Grossmann|2014|pp=874–895}} [[Protestant work ethic|work ethic]],{{sfn|Schaltegger|Torgler|2010|pp=99–101}} [[economic development]],{{sfn|Spater|Tranvik|2019|pp=1963–1994}} and the development of the state system.{{sfn|Becker|Pfaff|Rubin|2016}} Weber says this contributed to economic growth and the development of banking across Northern Europe.{{sfn|Lloyd|2013|p=106}}{{sfn|McKinnon |2010|pp=108–126}}{{refn|group=note|[[Max Weber]] in his book ''[[The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism]]'' (1904–1905) asserted that Protestant ethics and values along with the Calvinist doctrine of [[asceticism]] and [[predestination]] gave birth to [[Capitalism]].{{sfn|Weber|Kalberg|2012|pp=xi, xxviii, xxxiv–xxxvi, xl, 3–5, 103–126}}{{sfn|tutor2u|2018}} It is one of the most influential and cited books in sociology, yet its thesis has been controversial since its release. In opposition to Weber, historians such as [[Fernand Braudel]] and [[Hugh Trevor-Roper]] assert that capitalism developed in pre-Reformation Catholic communities. [[Joseph Schumpeter]], an economist of the twentieth century, has referred to the [[Scholasticism|Scholastics]] as "they who come nearer than does any other group to having been the 'founders' of scientific economics".{{sfn|Schumpeter|1954|p=93}}}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page