%0 Journal Article
%T Catholics, Calvinists, and Rational Control: Further Explorations in the Weberian Thesis
%J Sociology of religion
%D 1965
%A Ball, Donald W.
%V 26
%N 4
%P 181-188
%X Contemporary studies of the Weberian thesis are found wanting through their vulgarization of the concept of rationality in the Western world. A comparison of Catholics and Calvinists, using Seeman's Personal Powerlessness Scale as a measure of rational control, shows differences opposite from those suggested by the Protestant Ethic; possible explanations of this finding are discussed.<p />
%G 
%I Association for the Sociology of Religion
%@ 1069-4404
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3709918