What is the contribution of Emile Durkheim to sociology and the study of religion?

Question

What is the contribution of Emile Durkheim to sociology and the study of religion?

Answer 1

None. Emile Durkheim was a deluded fool that thought " society " was an actual thing. He thought religion as an expression of social cohesion, instead of what it truly is; a mass delusion.

Durkheim never once observed humans or conducted experiments, but from his ivory tower constructed a discipline that is an embarrassment in the modern world.

Answer 2

Do your own homework.  This is an easy question if you pay attention in class and actually open up your textbook.