Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

By R.H. Tawney

Richard Henry Tawney (1880-1962) was an English economic historian, social critic, ethical socialist, Christian socialist, and important proponent of adult education. The Oxford Companion to British History (1997) explained that Tawney made a "significant impact" in these "interrelated roles". A. L. Rowse goes further by insisting that "Tawney exercised the widest influence of any historian of his time, politically, socially and, above all, educationally". Religion and the Rise of Capitalism made established Tawney's reputation as a historian. It explored the relationship between Protestantism and economic development in the 16th and 17th centuries. Tawney "bemoaned the division between commerce and social morality brought about by the Protestant Reformation, leading as it did to the subordination of Christian teaching to the pursuit of material wealth". Matthew Leigh Embleton Editions, 2024

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DGCN6R6L
• ISBN13: 9798461070625
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 267 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"