Who gave for the first time the concepts of ldquo Sacred Profane dichotomy rdquo in study of element...........

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Who gave for the first time the concepts of “Sacred Profane dichotomy”in study of elementary forms of religious life?

Fustel De Conulanges

Durkheim

Merton

Murdock

- The concept of the “Sacred-Profane dichotomy” in the study of the elementary forms of religious life was first introduced by Émile Durkheim.

- Durkheim argued that all religions distinguish between the sacred (things set apart and forbidden) and the profane (ordinary, everyday things).

- Option 1: Fustel De Coulanges was a historian who studied ancient societies, but he did not form this dichotomy.

- Option 2: Durkheim – He is the correct answer.

- Option 3: Merton was a sociologist known for his work on social structure and anomie, not religious dichotomy.

- Option 4: Murdock focused on the study of family and kinship, not directly on religious dichotomies.

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