Which anthropologist argues that religion is a “system of symbols which acts to establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations….”?

a. Max Weber
b. ?Clifford Geertz
c. Edward Tylor
d. Emile Durkheim


ANSWER:
b

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