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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Functionalism (accounts of religion which focus on the functions which religion serves): see SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION.

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