Durkheim saw religious ritual as useful in:
a. cementing the social bond between society and the individual.
b. preventing group cohesion.
c. eliminating anxiety from people's lives.
d. counterbalancing legal restrictions imposed on individuals.
e. being the opiate of the masses.
A
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