Critics of the functionalist perspective on religion maintain that it
A) overemphasises religion's unifying, bonding and comforting functions.
B) overemphasises religion's repressive, constraining and exploitative qualities.
C) defines religion as ultimately problematic.
D) overlooks the order and stability functions.
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