Working For Our Neighbor (Veith)

Author: Gene Edward Veith

ISBN: 9781942503293

Binding: Paperback

Section: Christianity-General

In his classic study The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Max Weber showed the connections between Protestantism and the new economics. However, he focused on the Calvinists and Puritans and speculated that economic success became a way of proving one’s election. He neglected the specifically Lutheran doctrine of vocation, which emphasizes the spiritual and moral value of economic activity. In this elucidating work, Gene Edward Veith connects vocation to justification, good works, and Christian freedom—defining how the Lutheran contribution to economics can transfigure ordinary life, and work, with the powerful presence of God.