According to Estonian theologian Dr. Johann-Christian Põder, dynamic state reforms along individualist capitalist lines, which he sees as stemming from a more 'Calvinist' approach to society, need to ...

Religious and cultural Lutheran values have shaped Nordic societies for centuries. But instead of encouraging capitalism as in Calvinist Europe, Lutheranism promoted a social-democratic welfare state ...

Law and Protestantism: The Legal Teachings of the Lutheran Reformation. By John Witte Jr. Cambridge University Press, 337 pp., $65.00; paperback, $23.00. This wonderful book will be edifying for all ...

Hungary’s short and bloody revolution against its Communist overlords in October 1956 was a chance for the churches to make a break for freedom. Pro-Red Calvinist Bishop John Peter was deposed, as was ...

A term generally meant to include all Protestant Churches which have accepted the principles of the Reformation. The term more accurately refers to only those churches rooted in Calvinist doctrines, ...

Since first published in 1905, sociologists have sought to deal a death-blow to the Weber thesis from an impressive range of approaches. In the face of this onslaught the thesis has shown remarkable ...