[lbo-talk] Capitalism and Religious Fundamentalism

[Mr. WD]

On 6/21/07, andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Go back and read Weber's Protestant Ethic and the
> Spirit of Capitalism. He posits that bible beating and
> money making were joined at birth.

You're probably right that I should head back to Weber, but if I
recall correctly, Weber's focus is more on what we would now consider
white bread, mainstream protestantism (e.g. Scottish Presbyterianism).

Perhaps I am just ignorant about the history of religious movements in
the U.S. but I am under the impression that this new Christofascism a
lot different from old-fashioned, puritanical,
idle-hands-are-the-devil's-plaything protestantism in that it desires
to seize and wield political power and preserve U.S. hegemony.  Does
Weber discuss the brand of religion that appears in "Jesus Camp," for
example?  And how does Weber explain the surge in Jihadism?

-WD