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elective affinity: a standalone construct

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Sociology of religion

Weber's term for a meaningful fit between ideas, such as a religious ethic, and material interests, which draw each other together without strict causation.

In sociology of religion, elective affinity refers to Weber's term for a meaningful fit between ideas, such as a religious ethic, and material interests, which draw each other together without strict causation. This meaning comes from Howe (1978) in American Journal of Sociology.[1]

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References

Howe, R. H. (1978). Max Weber's Elective Affinities: Sociology Within the Bounds of Pure Reason. American Journal of Sociology, 84(2), 366-385. https://doi.org/10.1086/226788

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