What concept does Durkheim use to explain how religious ceremonies generate social solidarity ?

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Which term describes the process whereby religion loses its influence over various spheres of social life ?

A. secularization B. evangelicalism C. fundamentalism D. alienation...

Of the two types of religious organizations that have a negative relationship with society which one accepts pluralistic legitimacy ?

A. a cult B. a sect C. a church D. a denomination...

Max Weber,s pioneering work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is an example of_______________?

A. macro-level analysis B. macro-level analysis C. resurgent fundamentalism D. the interactionist approach to religion...

Which term describes religious organization of a loosely knit and transient kind ?

A. church B. denomination C. sect D. cult...

World-affirming religions_______________?

A. embrace conventional cultural values but offer new means of achieving them B. react against the loss of any meaningful religious content in the teachings of churches C. adopt an attitude of mild disapproval towards mainstream social values D. reject both the goals and means of conventional society and provide utopian alternatives...