Critics of the functionalist perspective on religion maintain that it
A) overemphasizes religion's unifying, bonding, and comforting functions.
B) overemphasizes religion's repressive, constraining, and exploitative qualities.
C) defines religion as ultimately problematic.
D) overlooks the order and stability functions.
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Q18: _ include(s)everything that is not sacred.
A)Powerful symbols
B)Evil
C)The
Q19: In mystical religions, the sacred
A)revolves around items
Q20: In prophetic religions the sacred revolves around
A)the
Q21: If religion were truly an integrative force
A)there
Q22: People embrace religion in the face of
Q24: The belief that the United States has
Q25: In his State of the Union Address
Q26: Conflict theorists focus on ways in which
Q27: The U.S. started to print the phrase
Q28: Critics of conflict theory point to _
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