Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. . Latent functions of religion include unintended actions that are considered covert or hidden.
2. A by-product of the Protestant ethic is the drive to accumulate savings that can be used for future investment
3. Karl Marx described religion as an "opiate" that was particularly harmful to oppressed peoples.
4. Religion can give its members a way in which to make sense of "senseless" events.
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
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A) cosmology B) functional equivalent of religion C) religious experience D) animism
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a. a product of rule-makers. b. a structural strain. c. unfounded. d. a claims-making activity.
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A) unrequited feelings. B) blocked biological sexual desires. C) an emotional need to connect. D) the desire to procreate.