Martin decides to start a religious movement of people who both work and worship with intensity.He studies religious history and decides to create a theology that will make people feel insecure about their eternal destiny so that they will work hard in an attempt to prove themselves worthy.Martin's religious movement is an application of whose theory?

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This scenario is an example of Max Weber's theory of the Protestant work ethic, which argues that Protestantism's emphasis on predestination created a culture that valued hard work and economic success as a sign of personal salvation. Martin's religious movement reflects this ideology by instilling insecurity about eternal destiny and promoting intense work as the path to proving oneself worthy.

Martin Decides to Start a Religious Movement of People Who