• Introduction
• 1. THE PROTESTANT ETHIC AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM
• Introduction to the Translation, Stephen Kalberg
• Introduction to The Protestant Ethic, Stephen Kalberg
• Part I. The Problem
• Chapter I. Religious Affiliation and Social Stratification
• Chapter II. The "Spirit" of Capitalism
• Chapter III. Luther's Conception of the Calling
• The Task of the Investigation
• Part II. The Vocational Ethic of Ascetic Protestantism
• Chapter IV. The Religious Foundations of This-Worldly Asceticism
• A. Calvinism
• B. Pietism
• C. Methodism
• D. The Baptizing Sects and Churches
• Chapter V. Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism
• 2. THE PROTESTANT SECTS IN AMERICA AND THE UNIQUENESS OF WESTERN RATIONALISM
• Introduction, Stephen Kalberg
• I. The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism
• II. "Churches" and "Sects" in North America: An Ecclesiastical Sociopolitical Approach
• III. Prefatory Remarks to Collected Essays in the Sociology of Religion (1920)
• Appendix I. Weber's Summary Statements on "The Protestant Ethic Thesis"
• A. The Development of the Capitalist Frame of Mind (1919-1920)
• B. A Final Rebuttal to a Critic of "Spirit of Capitalism"
• Appendix II. Reading The Protestant Ethic: The Text and the Endnotes
• Appendix III. Suggested Further Reading
• A. The Protestant Ethic Thesis and the Protestant Ethic Debate
• B. Max Weber: Life and Work
• Notes for The Protestant Ethic
• Literature Cited
• A. Writings of Max Weber
• B. Secondary Literature Cited