Religion has __________ such as bonding people together, upholding morality, and providing people with a sense of meaning, according to Emile Durkheim.
a. a false consciousness
b. functions
c. a spiritual side
d. a contrast between the sacred and the profane
Question 2
Many scholars during the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s argued that
a. antimodern and violent social movements would become widespread.
b. the civil right and feminist movements were the beginnings of nonviolent movements that would provoke positive change.
c. social movements were no longer effective in fostering social change.
d. social change was becoming increasingly necessary as a precondition to social movements.
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