STHM 1113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: John Calvin, Protestantism, Antireligion

• School: Temple University
• Department: Tourism & Hospitality Management
• Course: STHM 1113
• Professor: Ben Altschuler

Document Summary

Greek leisure - review: full fulfillment of human potential lesiure of essential part of being greek rich free white men. Specialized entertainment - sports - revolved around training for war economic and politic tool for controlling masses. Medieval europecrappy place: fall of rome leads to dark ages in europe. Feudalism - lords and vassal leisure based strictly around war: hunting and sport. One thing that keep society together = catholic church lutheran church beginning of reformation. Protestant reformation focus on work in this world (key to get to heaven) Work hard and make shows allegiance about you and what you. Martin luther: god calls you to work on commerce and agriculture. Development of capitalism tied to protestant work ethic: most developed in geographical areas where protestantism is strongest. Pre elected at birth for heaven , but no one knows if they are elected for reassurement one must lie a godly life: productive life, no waste or frivolity.