# Johannes Tauler — The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism character guide

> Johannes Tauler in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Tauler

**First appearance:** 0007-iii-luther-s-conception-of-the-calling

## Who they are

Medieval mystic whose writings influenced Luther and the development of Protestant spirituality.

## In the story

### [III: Luther’s Conception of the Calling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_protestant_ethic_and_the_spirit_of_capitalis_se/chapters/iii-luther-s-conception-of-the-calling)

German mystic whose equalization of religious and worldly occupations anticipated Luther's idea of the calling, though Lutheranism later stepped back.

## Links

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