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Stenka25 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
What does which and it commonly stand for?
Under the sentences it's very hard to figure out what the underlined which and it represent. In a way, they seems to refer to modernization, and, in another, to secularization.
Can you tell me which one is the best answer?
[And if you give me why, I would be much more obliged^^.]
In the contemporary world it has often been argued that those societies in which religion has continued to survive as a major force have been those where the church has been an arm of the state. Secularization, in contrast, came hand in hand with modernization which by its very nature offered a series of irresistible challenges to traditional forms of religious influence. Economic growth, technological sophistication, and the development of new forms of popular culture, would all weaken the grip of religion on ordinary citizens, and usher in a society where the blinders of religious belief would be discarded in favor of rational and self-determined choices about how to live the good life.
Can you tell me which one is the best answer?
[And if you give me why, I would be much more obliged^^.]
In the contemporary world it has often been argued that those societies in which religion has continued to survive as a major force have been those where the church has been an arm of the state. Secularization, in contrast, came hand in hand with modernization which by its very nature offered a series of irresistible challenges to traditional forms of religious influence. Economic growth, technological sophistication, and the development of new forms of popular culture, would all weaken the grip of religion on ordinary citizens, and usher in a society where the blinders of religious belief would be discarded in favor of rational and self-determined choices about how to live the good life.
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Stenka25 Secularization, in contrast, came hand in hand with modernization which by its very nature offered a series of irresistible challenges to traditional forms of religious influence. I believe in this case the "which" and "it" refer to modernization. I decided this based on proximity.
- Stenka25 Secularization, in contrast, came hand in hand with modernization which by its very nature offered a series of irresistible challenges to traditional forms of religious influence.
- I believe in this case the "which" and "it" refer to modernization.
- I decided this based on proximity.
- , came hand in hand with modernization"
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Stenka25Secularization, in contrast, came hand in hand with modernization which by its very nature offered a series of irresistible challenges to traditional forms of religious influence.I believe in this case the "which" and "it" refer to modernization. I decided this based on proximity. If they were meant to refer to "secularization," the sentence would
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