Multiple Choice
Critics of the functionalist perspective on religion maintain that it
A) overemphasizes religion's unifying, bonding, and comforting functions.
B) overemphasizes religion's repressive, constraining, and exploitative qualities.
C) defines religion as ultimately problematic.
D) overlooks the order and stability functions.
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