According to Emile Durkheim, humans create gods and religions to embody the shared values of a society. He termed these shared values
A. unconscious morality.
B. religious norms.
C. beliefs.
D. the collective conscience.
Answer: D
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A. functionalist perspective B. conflict perspective C. interactionist perspective D. feminist perspective
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