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Durkheim on Religion
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Durkheim argued religion binds people together, promotes consistent behavior, and offers comfort during transitions, and that celebrating the sacred is also celebrating society's own power.
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A shared funeral ritual reasserts a community's bonds at the exact moment a member's death might threaten to loosen them.
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Durkheim's claim is that religion serves social cohesion, not that religious belief is therefore false.