How has Calvinism led to capitalism?

It would be a difficult argument to make to say that it alone led to capitalism (though it'd perhaps be another nice Sola in the repertoire). The question could imply such an assumption but doesn't necessitate it. read more

That sets the stage for the societal overhaul requisite for capitalism to blossom. The radical individualism built into Protestant theology over against Roman Catholic is perhaps the most significant change on the road to capitalism in terms of societal structures. read more

Calvinism emerged out of protestant Christian reform. Calavanism was first developed at the time of its namesake in the 16th century. Capitalism was a slow progression of economic policy that formed from the 16th to the 18th century but was active far and wide in countries that did not have any significant following of Calvinism. read more

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (German: Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus) is a book written by Max Weber, a German sociologist, economist, and politician. Begun as a series of essays, the original German text was composed in 1904 and 1905, and was translated into English for the first time by American sociologist Talcott Parsons in 1930. read more