Citation

Ball DW. Sociol. Relig. 1965; 26(4): 181-188.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1965, Association for the Sociology of Religion)

DOI

10.2307/3709918

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Contemporary studies of the Weberian thesis are found wanting through their vulgarization of the concept of rationality in the Western world. A comparison of Catholics and Calvinists, using Seeman's Personal Powerlessness Scale as a measure of rational control, shows differences opposite from those suggested by the Protestant Ethic; possible explanations of this finding are discussed.