How does Shinto (Japanese traditional religion) think about work? Reading “Kojiki,” the oldest religious book in Shinto, we can find that Amaterasu-Ohmikami, the greatest goddess in Shinto, weaved by herself. Shinto gods and goddesses work…

Protestantism teaches that people can find the light of God during work. The idea that, “Working is very important,” makes Protestants hard workers, and it has given them industrial and business prosperity throughout history. “Die Protesta…

Adam and Eve ate an apple that God had forbidden them to eat. So, they had to go out of the Garden of Eden and work. “Work is punishment,” is a traditional idea in Christianity. Therefore, noblemen didn’t have to work.