In the United States,there Are Many Similarly Named Protestant Christian

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In the United States,there are many similarly named protestant Christian church denominations.To an outsider,one Presbyterian church might look just like another Presbyterian church,but this is not the case to members of these various groups.The Presbyterian Church of America (PCA) and the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America (PCUSA) ,for instance,stem from a similar theology,but enact their theology in quite distinct political,ideological,and communicative ways in the context of their churches.Which aspect(s) of Luhmann's theory could we use to talk about this strange-seeming phenomenon?

• A)Organizations communicatively construct their own specific environments.
• B)Organizations' distinctions from other organizations gives them unity and meaning.
• C)The purpose of social systems is their preservation of difference from other systems.
• D)All of the above.

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