Which of the following is one of the bases of selection the authors used to decide which religions to discuss in this text?

a. most have developed a system of scientific theories to correct primitive views of the unseen world
b. many, but not all, deal in some way with people’s relationship to the unseen world of spirits, ancestors, gods, and demons
c. most have developed a system of cultural rituals without temples and priests at some point in their history
d. most have some statement about life anticipating death, especially a vision of purgatory and life-cycle rituals


Answer: b

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