One of the most influential theories applied to religion is built upon Emile Durkheim's analysis of the sacred in The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1965). ... Durkheim affirmed that religion developed in society when a distinction was made concerning the sacred-the ultimate concern that is transcendental and extraordinary-and the profane-that which is ordinary. ...

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Usually, the plot lines become more realistic, and the description of the conflict arises from „ordinary‟ events in "ordinary" lives. The characters are ordinary people like us, taken from the lower and middle classes of society, who struggle with everyday problem, such as poverty, sickness, crime, family strife and other problems within marital and paternal relationships. ...

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