[Buddha-l] what wld buddha buy

[Curt Steinmetz]

jkirk wrote:
> Max Weber probably never realised how prophetic was his book on
> the Protestant Ethic and capitalism. I'm surprised she stuck with
> the course instead of dropping out to save her soul.
> No wait--her soul of course has already been saved
>   

I prefer Rodney Stark's thesis to Max Weber's. Stark holds that 
Capitalism is inherent in Christianity itself, not just in the 
relatively modern form of Protestantism. Of course it took quite a while 
for Christianity to realize it's full potential - that is, according to 
Stark.

Curt Steinmetz