Large families are no longer economically necessary, nor are they commonly endorsed by social norms. But certain religious faiths, among them Roman Catholicism, continue to extol large families and to disapprove most methods of limiting family size, such as contraception and abortion. This example illustrates:
A. culture lag.
B. material culture.
C. cultural relativity.
D. nonmaterial culture.
Answer: A
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