Terms
Ascetic
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Self-denying and austerely self-disciplining.
Rational
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For Weber, this term implied systematization, consistency, logic, calculation
and efficiency, applied both to religion and to social institutions.
Calvinism
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The religious doctrines of John Calvin. Calvinism emphasized predestination,
the supremacy of Scriptures in the revelation of truth, God's omnipotence and
man's sinfulness.
