As a sociologist of religion, Durkheim would ordinary meals and clothing, and the language people use in common conversation be examples of ____
a. material culture
b. transcendental elements
c. profane things
d. invisible realities
e. sacred artifacts
C
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Mary generally obeys the rules in school, because she feels that it is the right thing to do. This is an example of conventional morality
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The approach to religion that focuses less on what religion is than on what religions do, with a particular emphasis on how religions contribute to social order, is the ________ approach to religion.
A. postmodernist B. substantive C. interactionist D. functionalist
A young girl decides that she wants to become an Olympic swimmer. She takes swimming lessons, joins her school's swimming team, reads magazine articles about champion swimmers, and goes to swim meets at a nearby college. This is an example of
A. resocialization. B. reverse socialization. C. anticipatory socialization. D. desocialization.
In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down part of the Defense of Marriage Act, thus?
a. requiring the federal government to recognize samesex marriages from states where they are legal. b. making samesex marriage legal in all fifty states. c. making samesex marriage illegal at the federal level. d. making interracial marriages legal in all states and territories of the U.S.