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9780415215329

Peter Berger and the Study of Religion

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415215329

  • ISBN10:

    0415215323

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2001-07-03
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Peter Berger is the most influential contemporary sociologist of religion. This collection of essays is the first in-depth study of his contribution to the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to his work and to current thought in the study of religion. Themes addressed include:* Berger on religion and theology* Religion, spirituality and the discontents of modernity* Secularization and de-secularizationA postscript by Peter Berger, responding to the essays, completes this overview of this major figure's work.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors vii
Introduction 1(8)
Linda Woodhead
PART I Berger on religion and theology 9(32)
Berger: an appreciation
11(6)
David Martin
Berger and his collaborator(s)
17(9)
Thomas Luckmann
Berger: theology and sociology
26(15)
Gary Dorrien
PART II Religion, spirituality and the discontents of modernity 41(44)
Homeless minds today?
43(30)
Paul Heelas
Linda Woodhead
A New Age theodicy for a new age
73(12)
Colin Campbell
PART III Secularization and sacralization 85(42)
The curious case of the unnecessary recantation: Berger and secularization
87(14)
Steve Bruce
The persistence of institutional religion in modern Europe
101(11)
Grace Davie
The twofold limit of the notion of secularization
112(15)
Daniele Hervieu-Leger
PART IV Signals of transcendence 127(62)
Berger's vision in retrospect
129(13)
Richard K. Fenn
Berger and New Testament Studies
142(12)
David G. Horrell
Berger's anthropological theology
154(35)
Bernice Martin
Postscript 189(10)
Peter Berger
References 199(10)
Index 209

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