Churches Usually Teach Their Members Rules, Often Codifying These Rules

question 29

Multiple Choice

Churches usually teach their members rules, often codifying these rules into formal commandments to be followed. In that they are at all successful, churches would be called:

• A) dramaturgists.
• B) part of the media.
• C) closer to nature than nurture.
• D) total institutions.
• E) agents of socialization.

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