Peter L. Berger and the Sociology of Religion
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Peter L. Berger and the Sociology of Religion

50 Years after The Sacred Canopy

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Peter L. Berger and the Sociology of Religion

50 Years after The Sacred Canopy

About this book

How and why did The Sacred Canopy by Peter L. Berger (1929–2017) become a classic? How have scholars used Berger's ideas over the past 50 years since its publication? How are these ideas relevant to the future of the sociology of religion? Peter L. Berger and the Sociology of Religion explores these questions by providing a broad overview of Berger's work, as well as more focussed studies. The chapters discuss both aspects of Berger's classic text: the 'systematic' sociological theorising on religion and the 'historical' theorising on secularisation. The articles also critically examine Berger's reversal regarding secularisation and the suggested 'desecularisation' of the world. The approaches range from disciplinary history to applications of Berger's ideas. The book includes contributions from Nancy Ammerman, Steve Bruce, David Feltmate, Effie Fokas, Titus Hjelm, D. Paul Johnson, Hubert Knoblauch, Silke Steets, Riyaz Timol, and Bryan S. Turner.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781350152113
eBook ISBN
9781350061897
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Atheism
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Preface and Acknowledgements
  8. 1. Introduction: Peter L. Berger and the Sociology of Religion
  9. 2. Vulnerability and Plausibility Structures: Peter L. Berger, Arnold Gehlen and Philosophical Anthropology
  10. 3. From Canopies to Conversations: The Continuing Significance of ‘Plausibility Structures’
  11. 4. The Sacred Canopy as a Global Construction Project: Incorporating both Emotional and Cognitive Resources
  12. 5. The Sacred Canopy as a Classic: Why Berger’s Conceptual Apparatus Remains Foundational 50 Years Later
  13. 6. Sacred Canopies and Invisible Religions: The Dialectical Construction of Religion in Berger and Luckmann
  14. 7. Secularization: From Sacred Canopies to Golf Umbrellas
  15. 8. Islamic Revivalism and Europe’s Secular ‘Sacred Canopy’: Exploring the Debunking Capacity of Public Religion
  16. 9. Religious American and Secular European Courts, or vice versa? A Study of Institutional Cross-Pollination
  17. 10. Assessing the Influence of The Sacred Canopy : A Missed Opportunity for Social Constructionism?
  18. Notes
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index