Karl Marx and Max Weber agreed that religion could encourage poor and oppressed groups in society to work to challenge their poverty and oppression and to change society.

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While Karl Marx viewed religion as the "opium of the people" that helped to maintain the status quo by pacifying the oppressed, Max Weber argued that religious ideas could contribute to significant social change and economic development, as seen in his analysis of the Protestant Ethic and the spirit of capitalism.

Karl Marx and Max Weber Agreed That Religion Could Encourage