What is the difference between religion and its functional equivalents?
What will be an ideal response?
The term functional equivalentsof religion refers to substitutes for religion that serve the same functions, or meet the same needs, as religion.An example is psychotherapy.The difference is that the equivalent may perform similar functions, but its activities are not directed toward God, gods, or the supernatural.
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How does studying sociology shape social and public policies and practices?
What will be an ideal response?
Throughout its history in the United States, payment for medical care has been __________
a. on a fee-for-service basis b. through a third-party provider c. taken care of by health maintenance organizations d. through the federal government
The occurrence of breast cancer is _____ among African American women than White women, and the mortality rate (death rate) for breast cancer in African American women is considerably _____ than it is for White women.
A. lower; lower B. lower; higher C. higher; lower D. higher; higher
Public policy has become more responsive to the ______ classes and less responsive to ______ classes.
A. middle; privileged B. privileged; other C. lower; privileged D. privileged; lower