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Nov 29, 2019 · Capitalism and Christianity were not always at such odds. In his 1904 classic The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Max Weber argued that capitalism’s initial “spirit” may not itself have been Christian, but it was roughly compatible with Christian practices and drew much of its dynamism from this compatibility. Or at least ...
Jun 25, 2014 · Christianity isn't incompatible with free markets. But it may be incompatible with modern capitalism and its growing inequality and exploitation.
A possible danger for many Western (and some non-Western) Christians is to adopt capitalism as an ‘ism’ and come close to deifying it. We must avoid attaching such significance to capitalism and its wealth-creating abilities that it replaces our sense of God’s omnipotence.
In Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism, I argue that life projects like these, enforced by the current organization of capitalism, are dehumanizing but can be countered by renewed spiritual projects of similar depth and scope whereby one strives to orient one’s life to God.
Apr 20, 2015 · Will the fates of Christianity and capitalism depart, or have they been too tightly interwoven in American thought to adopt diverging paths?
This article by Elisa Owen examines the compatibility of Christian ethics and capitalism, while also exploring the overlap and differences between the disciplines of theology and economic theory.
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Jul 20, 2010 · Capitalism, it is usually assumed, flowered around the same time as the Enlightenment–the eighteenth century–and, like the Enlightenment, entailed a diminution of organized religion. In fact, the Catholic Church of the Middle Ages was the main locus for the first flowerings of capitalism.
