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According to Emile Durkheim's theory of religion
 
  a. the function of religion was to repress psychologically disruptive desires.
  b. religion served to enhance the power of society's elites.
  c. all religious practices derived from a sense of human dependence upon and awe of nature.
  d. when people periodically congregate for the performance of religious rituals they are promoting socialsolidarity.

Question 2

The Ten Commandments of the Judeo-Christian religious tradition are an illustration of which type of explanation for religion?
 
  a. Sociological
  b. Political
  c. Intellectual/cognitive
  d. Psychological



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

a



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