______ noted that religion allows for social integration and therefore lowers suicide rates, but also cautioned that when people experience extreme religious integration and conformity, higher rates of mass suicide can occur.

A. Emile Durkheim
B. Karl Marx
C. Max Weber
D. Michel Foucault


Answer: A

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