Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Secularization refers to the decline of the significance of religion at the societal level but cannot be used to describe this decline at the individual level.
2. Serialization refers to the declining significance of religion.
3. According to Troeltsch’s definition, there are no churches in the United States.
4. The behavior of members that belong to a sect is often spontaneous, and the members of the sect also tend to be drawn from those of the lower social classes.
5. Émile Durkheim argued that all human experience could be divided into two categories: the sacred and the ordinary.
1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
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