▁increase ▁in ▁entrepr ene ur ship ▁vent ures . ▁In ▁the ▁end , ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁Protest ant ▁eth ic , ▁according ▁to ▁We ber , ▁investig ated ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁det achment ▁from ▁magic , ▁that ▁dis en chant ment ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁that ▁could ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁unique ▁characteristic ▁of ▁Western ▁culture . ▁ ▁Con clus ions ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁final ▁end notes ▁We ber ▁states ▁that ▁he ▁abandoned ▁research ▁into ▁Protest ant ism ▁because ▁his ▁colle ague ▁Ernst ▁Tro elt sch , ▁a ▁professional ▁the olog ian , ▁had ▁begun ▁work ▁on ▁The ▁Social ▁Te ach ings ▁of ▁the ▁Christian ▁Church es ▁and ▁S ect s . ▁Another ▁reason ▁for ▁We ber ' s ▁decision ▁was ▁that ▁Tro elt sch ' s ▁work ▁already ▁achieved ▁what ▁he ▁desired ▁in ▁that ▁area , ▁which ▁is ▁lay ing ▁ground work ▁for ▁compar ative ▁analysis ▁of ▁religion ▁and ▁society . ▁We ber ▁moved ▁beyond ▁Protest ant ism ▁with ▁his ▁research ▁but ▁would ▁continue ▁research ▁into ▁soci ology ▁of ▁religion ▁within ▁his ▁later ▁works ▁( the ▁study ▁of ▁J uda ism ▁and ▁the ▁relig ions ▁of ▁China ▁and ▁India ). ▁ ▁This ▁book ▁is ▁also ▁We ber ' s ▁first ▁br ush ▁with ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁rational ization . ▁His ▁idea ▁of ▁modern ▁capital ism ▁as ▁growing ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁religious ▁purs uit ▁of ▁wealth ▁meant ▁a ▁change ▁to ▁a ▁rational ▁means ▁of ▁existence , ▁wealth . ▁That ▁is ▁to ▁say , ▁at ▁some ▁point ▁the ▁Cal vin ist ▁r ationale ▁inform