The Calvinist solution that money becomes evidence of God's love and the believer's faith.
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wealth accumulation
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Jiang identifies wealth accumulation, jihad, and transgression as three religious solutions to the crisis of faith.
Durkheim's account says Protestant anxiety transfers into wealth accumulation, but overexcited ambition has no natural stopping point and therefore cannot satisfy.
Jiang argues that Calvinism and Protestantism altered economic psychology by making long-term wealth accumulation and intergenerational banking morally intelligible in a way earlier warrior societies did not support.
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"The problem though is, if you just look at the map, it's very easy to invade, and Spain was invading a lot. So we..."
"...-prisonation and justification by faith, you had to justify yourself through wealth accumulation. So now people were really happy to put all their wealth..."
"...solutions, all right? So the first solution is the idea of wealth accumulation, all right?"
"...right? That is a testament to the power of your faith, wealth accumulation. So that's one solution. It's a very popular solution. It's what..."
"...to resolve the issue of the crisis of the faith right wealth accumulation that's Calvinist jihad and but you and you also have transgression..."
"...He's talking about the fact that Protestants transfer this anxiety and accumulation of wealth, right? They're anxious about what God is. They're anxious whether..."
"You try to get more and more money to prove your worth to God, but you can't stop. You don't know when to stop,..."
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