Interest in the Occult Tends to Increase in a Society

question 144

Multiple Choice

Interest in the occult tends to increase in a society when .

• A) members of a society feel overwhelmed or powerless
• B) people become less religious
• C) economic conditions begin to improve
• D) there has been a major triumph, such as winning a war
• E) religious leaders begin espousing the problems with supernatural phenomenon

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