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The Quakers (also known as the Religious Society of Friends) are a religious group descended from Calvinism. Quakerism was popular in early America.
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Part 1, Section 1: Denomination and Social Stratification
...spread of Calvinists under religious persecution became the “seedbed of the capitalist economy.” Additionally, the Quakers and the Mennonites embody the most severe forms of religious control over daily life mixed...
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Part 2, Section 1: The Religious Foundations of Innerworldly Asceticism
According to Weber, the Baptists, which later spawned the Mennonites and Quakers, contributed to Protestant asceticism through their belief in “the believer’s church.” Although not the first...
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...economics their only means of making a living. Because of this, early Baptists, particularly the Quakers, threw themselves into the capitalist spirit, where they could ethically put their energy to use.
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