Émile Durkheim, French sociologist of religion, defined religion as:
a. “The daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable”
b. “A set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of”
c. “A unified system of beliefs and practices . . . which unite into one single moral community”
d. “The key to the ultimate truth about life”
c. “A unified system of beliefs and practices . . . which unite into one single moral community”
Analysis:
a, b & d. Incorrect. Each person will have to wrestle personally with defining religion, because scholarship isn’t settled on any one definition and because defining it involves some subjectivity.
c. Correct. Émile Durkheim defined religion as "A unified system of beliefs and practices . . . which unite into one single moral community."
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