Word: weberian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...representing two conflicting groups, each rationalizing in the Weberian sense," I scratched on a yellow legal pad, my nail-bitten fingers grapsping the last of eight sharpened Ticonderoga No. 2 pencils. "Jesus," I said to myself, "how the hell did I get in such a prison...
Added to this strange mixture is the church's strong affinity for capitalism. As if guided by the Weberian theory of the Protestant ethic, the Mormons tie prosperity to their religion; material success is taken as a sign of the Lord's rewarding Mormons. Larry Dewey's father, for example, believes that the good things that have come to him since his conversion to Mormonism are directly attributable to the church. The work ethic is evident in Mormon undergraduates, who are not coincidentally often...