Beyond Lenski: A Critical Review of Recent "Protestant Ethic" Research

What is the result of the research stimulated by Lenski's "The Religious Factor?" This research testing hypotheses derived from Weber's Protestant Ethic thesis focused on Protestant-Catholic differentials in social status and mobility, in achievement motivation, and in educationa...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Bouma, Gary D. (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: Wiley-Blackwell [1973]
Στο/Στη: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Έτος: 1973, Τόμος: 12, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 141-155
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Protestant Ethics
B Social classes
B Catholic Schools
B social mobility
B Calvinism
B educational attainment
B Catholicism
B Capitalism
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Σύνοψη:What is the result of the research stimulated by Lenski's "The Religious Factor?" This research testing hypotheses derived from Weber's Protestant Ethic thesis focused on Protestant-Catholic differentials in social status and mobility, in achievement motivation, and in educational and scientific performance. Most of the data were nonsupportive of, or contradictory to, the hypotheses derived from the Weber thesis. None of the research was adequate to the task of causal inference which is required by the logic of the hypotheses. Moreover, the independent variable--differences in religious belief--was not adequately operationalized. Finally, the researchers are criticized for the simplistic derivation of poor hypotheses from the analytically rich work of Weber.
ISSN:1468-5906
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1384886