USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Puritan work ethic is more commonly referred to as the Protestant work ethic. It has both theological and sociological meaning. Theologically, it refers to the view that hard work is a signifier of one’s election (salvation) and that diligence in one’s work is pleasing to God.

Detailed explanation-2: -Protestant ethic, in sociological theory, the value attached to hard work, thrift, and efficiency in one’s worldly calling, which, especially in the Calvinist view, were deemed signs of an individual’s election, or eternal salvation.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the book, Weber wrote that capitalism in Northern Europe evolved when the Protestant (particularly Calvinist) ethic influenced large numbers of people to engage in work in the secular world, developing their own enterprises and engaging in trade and the accumulation of wealth for investment.