Which of the following is a similarity between religion and education?
A. both impart values, beliefs, and knowledge considered essential to the social reproduction of individual personalities.
B. both are considered necessary for social cohesion by conflict theorists.
C. both are social institutions that have become almost nonexistent in the United States because of the rise of fundamentalism.
D. both are considered perpetuators of class, racialûethnic, and gender inequalities by functionalists.
Answer: A. both impart values, beliefs, and knowledge considered essential to the social reproduction of individual personalities.
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