Correct option is B
Introduction:
The correct match is: A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III.
A. R. Karsten - IV. The Origins of Religion
B. R. H. Lowie - II. Primitive Religion
C. B. Malinowski - I. Magic, Science and Religion
D. R. R. Marett - III. The Threshold of Religion
Additional Knowledge:
| List I (Scholar) | List II (Work) |
| A. R. Karsten | IV. The Origins of Religion |
| B. R. H. Lowie | II. Primitive Religion |
| C. B. Malinowski | I. Magic, Science and Religion |
| D. R. R. Marett | III. The Threshold of Religion |
Bronisław Malinowski is famous for his functionalist approach, particularly his analysis of the interconnectedness of Magic, Science, and Religion in addressing human needs, a concept explored thoroughly in his 1925 essay (later part of a collection).
Robert Ranulph Marett is known for proposing a pre-animistic stage of religion, centered on the idea of mana (impersonal force), which he termed pre-animism. His work, The Threshold of Religion (1909), outlines this view, arguing it precedes E.B. Tylor's animism.
Robert Harry Lowie was an American anthropologist whose comparative study of indigenous cultures is encapsulated in his 1924 book, Primitive Religion.
Rafael Karsten was an ethnographer and philosopher of religion who wrote The Origins of Religion (1935), examining the religious beliefs of South American and Finno-Ugrian tribes.