Puritanismens dygdetik: En jämförande studie mellan Max Webers dygdteori och dygderna i John Bunyans bok Pilgrim´s Progress
2013 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
The Puritan Virtue Ethics : A Comparative Study Between Max Weber´s Theory of Virtue and the Virtues in John Bunyan´s Book Pilgrim´s Progress. (English)
Abstract [en]
The purpose of this study is to find the virtue ethics John Bunyan presents in Pilgrim´s Progress part 1, compared with the virtues Max Weber presents, and then try Weber´s theory on the empirical data, Pilgrim´s Progress. When I compare the virtues in Weber´s theory with the virtues in Pilgrim´s Progress, I interpret Weber´s theory as limited. From Weber´s theory emerges the puritan virtues: fulfillment of duty, struggle, self-control and live simply. He also mentions gratitude to God and helpfulness to other people, but this is shown through work in the society. These virtues can also be found in Pilgrim´s Progress. The fulfillment of duty in Weber´s theory is mainly focused on work-ethic, while I interpret the fulfillment of duty in Pilgrim´s Progress more focused on the struggle with the Belief in God. The virtues self-control and to live simply is clearly seen in both sources, which strengthens this part of Weber´s theory. The most interesting thing is that I found several virtues in Pilgrim´s Progress, which Weber did not attributed any significant. These are: forgiveness, help, spiritual communion, and gratitude to God.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2013. , p. 50
Keyword [en]
Puritan, England, John Bunyan, virtues, Pilgrim´s Progress, Max Weber
Keyword [sv]
Puritan, England, John Bunyan, dygder, Pilgrim´s Progress, Max Weber
National Category
Religious Studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-27317OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-27317DiVA, id: diva2:634355
Subject / course
Religious Studies
Educational program
Teacher programme
Uppsok
Humanities, Theology
Supervisors
Examiners
2013-07-042013-06-302013-07-04Bibliographically approved