Protestant Ethic Turns 100

Marking the centennial anniversary of the first publication of Max Weber's Protestant Ethic essays a group of internationally recognized Weber scholars review the significance of Weber's essays by addressing their original context historical reception and ongoing relevance. Lawrence Scaff Hartmut Lehmann Philip Gorski Stephen Kalberg Martin Riesebrodt Donald Nielsen Peter Kivisto and the editors offer original perspectives that engage Weber's indelible work so as to inform current issues central to sociology history religious studies political science economics and cultural studies. Available in several English translations the Protestant Ethic is listed by the International Sociological Association among the top five Books of the Century. The Protestant Ethic continues to be a standard assigned reading in undergraduate and graduate courses spanning a variety of academic disciplines.