FOREWORD AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION PART ON THE PROBLEM CHAPTER 1 Religious Affiliation and Social Stratification CHAPTER 2 The Spirit of Capitalism CHAPTER 3 Luther's Conception of the Calling Task of the Investigation PART TWO THE PRACTICAL ETHICS OF THE ASCETIC BRANCHES OF PROTESTANTISM CHAPTER 4 The Religious Foundations of Worldly Ascetic-ism CHAPTER 5 Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism