mddm: max weber on the jesuits

[Terrance Flaherty]

lorentzen-nicklaus wrote:

 so the "originally asocial idea of asceticism", like individualistic
>  salvational work always endangering the authority of the church as an
>  organization, gets completely diciplined into militaristic lawfulness. perhaps
>  this is one of the reasons why pynchon, who obviously knows about weber, is
>  interested in the jesuits, too.


So, perhaps my exaggeration about the Jesuits being a perfect example of
the major theme of M&D is not so silly after all? 

Pynchon's first story (published) is about a Jesuit. 

what about jesus
didn't he do it too
hang out w/ the prostitutes and
have a drink or two
power of example 
mama said and i heard
she said one ounce of action
beats a ton of words

hallelujah (mama said there would be angels)