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What Is Meant in Chapter 15, When It Refers to Emile

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What is meant in Chapter 15, when it refers to Emile Durkheim as using a "mixed definition" of religion?


A) Durkheim was interested in religion around the world, and studied not only Western traditional religions, but also Eastern and nontraditional religions.
B) Durkheim's normative view of religion was varied; on the one hand, he viewed religion as a positive force for social integration in society. On the other hand, he viewed religion as an "opiate of the masses."
C) Durkheim emphasized that religion performs the mixed function of bringing people together, but that it does so because they share a common attachment to the same sacred symbol.
D) Durkheim combined both quantitative and qualitative research methods in his empirical attempts to define religion and religiosity in America.
E) None of the above

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