Multiple Choice
Anthropologist Talal Asad argues that
A) universal definitions of religion can actually obscure local realities and,subsequently,local expressions of religion should be examined rather than universal ones.
B) symbols used in religion acquire significance only for the actual material of which they are made and nothing more beyond that.
C) symbols used in religion acquire significance far beyond the actual material of which they are made and allow believers to feel that the religious world is truly real.
D) symbols develop in a culture completely independent of historical and social developments.
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