![]() ![]() Weber suggests that no group developed this new asceticism as well as the English Puritans, who embrace the ideals of both Martin Luther and John Calvin. ![]() ![]() Since Martin Luther rejected Catholicism’s monastic asceticism-where monks remove themselves from worldly pleasures by living in secluded monasteries-a new concept of asceticism needed to take its place, one that did not frown upon Protestant work or wealth. Sociologist Max Weber posits that the third major contributor to Protestantism’s “ capitalist spirit” is the development of a new form of asceticism, or self-discipline and avoidance of any form of indulgence. ![]()
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