Religious beliefs, according to Emile Durkheim,

A) are beliefs that have to do with ethics.
B) are animistic, as opposed to animatistic.
C) express what a society considers sacred, as opposed to profane.
D) are false beliefs, as opposed to true ones.
E) do not exist in primitive societies.


C

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