Abstract :
Max Weber (1863-1941) suggests the importance of the calling in motivating individuals to pursue worldly success. According to Weber, through the speeches of Jean Calvin (1509–1564) and Richard Baxter (1615–1691), the calling may be interpreted as God’s commandment to work for His divine glory. Weber contended that the development of modern forms of capitalism was tied to the ascetic lifestyle demanded by the pursuit of one’s calling. Profit was now sought not only to ensure one’s state of grace, but also it was become unique sign or case of his salvation. The ascetic ideals lying at the heart of the Protestant ethic were carried into the practical affairs of economic activity and formed social life more specially. Weber s theory of capitalism and Protestantism as a simple causal account of economic development.
