In his study of New England's Puritans,Kai Erikson concluded that
A)people everywhere,for the most part,define the same things as deviant.
B)very religious people create very little deviance.
C)even this disciplined and highly religious group created deviance to clarify the moral boundaries of their community.
D)the proportion of people in the population that the Puritans defined as deviant kept rising over time.

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Kai Erikson concluded that even the disciplined and highly religious group of New England's Puritans created deviance to clarify the moral boundaries of their community. This means that option C is the correct choice as it aligns with his findings. Option A is incorrect as Erikson's research suggests that what is considered deviant differs from culture to culture. Option B is incorrect because highly religious individuals or groups can also create deviance. Option D is incorrect because Erikson did not find evidence to suggest that the proportion of deviants in Puritan communities was increasing over time.

In His Study of New England's Puritans,Kai Erikson Concluded That