Reading Weber Among the Sikhs
Asceticism and Capitalism in the 3ho/Sikh Dharma
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7213914 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicola Mooney (University of the Fraser Valley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 417-436 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sikh Formations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-8727 • E-ISSN: 1744-8735 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17448727.2012.745305 |
| OpenAlex | W2132662880 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 20 |
This paper explores the utility of applying Max Weber's analysis of the unique relationship between the Protestant ethic and capitalism to the 3HO/Sikh Dharma. The diverse Yogi Tea and Akal Security brands – the former a health food enterprise, the latter specializing in prison and other private security contracts – comprise a multi-billion dollar concern founded and operated within the 3HO/Sikh Dharma organization's Khalsa International Industries. Is the success of these businesses a reflection of Weber's notion of capitalist asceticism, in keeping with the central position of white converts from Western religious traditions in 3HO/Sikh Dharma, or, might it reflect uniquely Sikh efforts to refuse a distinction between spiritual and material realms
Asceticism · Buddhism · Capitalism · Dharma · Hinduism · Political science · Politics · Reading (process · Sikhism · Sociology · Theology · Traditional medicine · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies
Village India
Capitalism and Modern Social Theory
Max Weber's Protestant Ethic in the 21st Century
Protestants and Catholics
Women's ‘popular’ practices as critique
Disenchantment, rationality and the modernity of Max Weber
Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History
Materializing Sikh pasts1
Beyond the Spiritual Supermarket
HO/Sikh Dharma of the Western Hemisphere
Calvinism, Capitalism and Confusion
The Construction of Religious Boundaries
Max Weber's mysticism
New Religious Movements Turn to Worldly Success
Revitalization Movements
Weber and Anthropology
Elective Affinities of the Protestant Ethic
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2021 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |