Peter Berger and the Study of ReligionPeter 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: |
Contents
Berger and his collaborators | 17 |
PART II | 41 |
The persistence of institutional religion in modern | 101 |
The twofold limit of the notion of secularization | 112 |
Bergers vision in retrospect | 129 |
Berger and New Testament Studies | 142 |
Bergers anthropological theology | 154 |
Postscript | 189 |
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