Excuse me but what religion are you talking about?
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I think that a good word for this would be "enthnocentrism": the belief that one's culture, or one's enthnicity is superior to others, or more important than others (even to oneself: so my culture is more important for me than other cultures: this also would count).
Answer:
d. are used by the powerful to maintain their own privileged positions.
Explanation:
Conflict theory: In sociology, the term "conflict theory" is described as a specific theory that explains that society is in a certain state of "perceptual conflict" due to the competition for "limited resources". The conflict theory was introduced by a famous sociologist named Karl Marx.
-Conflict theory holds the idea that "social order" is being maintained by power & domination, instead of conformity and consensus.
In the question above, the correct answer is d as per the conflict theory.