Weber saw religion from a different angle; he saw it as an agent of change. He challenged Marx by asserting that religion was not the effect of an economic, social or psychological factor. But this religion was used as a way to explain things that cause other things. Because religious forces play an important role in strengthening our modern culture, Weber came to the conclusion that religion serves as both cause and effect. Weber did not propose a general theory of religion but focused on the interaction between society and religion. Weber believed that we needed to understand the role of religious emotions in creating ideal types such as capitalism. He explained the transition in Europe from the other worldliness of Catholicism to the worldliness of the first Protestantism; according to Weber, this is what initiated the capitalist economic system. As he mentioned in his book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, capitalism is not about being rich. Weber said there was a link between religions. He mentioned that Protestants are more likely to succeed in business than Catholics. The reason was that he believed that a Protestant earned money to accumulate savings, not to acquire luxuries. In doing so, he asserted that modern capitalism arose in Western Europe and was specific to Protestant values ​​and faith. Marx Weber goes on and explains capitalism, he explains the work ethic in terms of religious sentiment, stating that financial activities were rooted in the work ethic and in turn became the new religion. “Man is dominated by the search for money, by acquisition as the ultimate goal of his life.” While Karl Marx sees capitalism as a means of suppressing elite control of wealth,...... middle of paper ......ity beyond this world manifesting among us, is being know and causes a change in our reality. In other words, his study of religion involves examining the different forms and places in which the sacred manifests itself. Both Weber and Eliade argue that religion must be understood on its own terms. Although Marx and Weber have different views on religion, they all agree that misery arises from the forces of society and capitalism. Marx believed that religion alleviated suffering in the material world. Weber believed that motivation came from individuals' desire to overcome problems, supported by the religious work ethic of doing good for the common good. Unlike Durkheim who evokes the sacred and the profane by linking it to the needs of societies, Eliade proclaims that religion is interested in the supernatural..