Editing Protestant work ethic (section)

=== Contrast with prosperity theology ethic ===
[[Tshilidzi Marwala]] asserted in 2020 that the principles of Protestant ethic are important for development in [[Africa]] and that they should be secularized and used as an alternative to the ethic of [[Prosperity theology|Prosperity Christianity]], which advocates miracles as a basis of development.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Tscilidzi|last=Marwala|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-11-29-a-protestant-work-ethic-and-not-the-flash-and-glamour-of-prosperity-christianity-is-what-africa-needs/ | title=A Protestant work ethic, and not the flash and glamour of Prosperity Christianity, is what Africa needs| date=November 29, 2020|access-date=November 23, 2022}}</ref>

In a recent journal article, Benjamin Kirby agrees that this influence of prosperity theology, particularly within [[Neo-charismatic movement|neo-Pentecostal movements]], complicates any attempt to draw parallels between, first, the relationship between contemporary Pentecostalism and [[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]] capitalism, and second, the relationship between Calvinistic asceticism and modern capitalism that interested Weber. Nevertheless, Kirby emphasises the enduring relevance of Weber's analysis: he proposes a "new elective affinity" between contemporary Pentecostalism and neoliberal capitalism, suggesting that neo-Pentecostal churches may act as vehicles for embedding neoliberal economic processes, for instance by encouraging practitioners to become entrepreneurial, [[Governmentality#Responsibilisation|responsibilised]] citizens.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2019.1573767 | doi=10.1080/0048721X.2019.1573767 | title=Pentecostalism, economics, capitalism: Putting ''the Protestant Ethic'' to work | year=2019 | last1=Kirby | first1=Benjamin | journal=Religion | volume=49 | issue=4 | pages=571–591 | s2cid=182190916 | url-access=subscription }}</ref>