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Peter Berger and the Study of Religion » Read Now
by Linda Woodhead, Paul Heelas, David Martin. 216 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

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...
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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.
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Pyramids of Sacrifice: Political Ethics and Social Change » Read Now
by Peter L. Berger. 242 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
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The Capitalist Revolution: Fifty Propositions about Prosperity, Equality, and Liberty » Read Now
by Peter L. Berger. 262 pgs.

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Sociology: A Biographical Approach » Read Now
by Peter L. Berger, Brigitte Berger. 406 pgs.

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The Limits of Social Cohesion: Conflict and Mediation in Pluralist Societies » Read Now
by Peter L. Berger. 396 pgs.

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This book, edited by renowned sociologist Peter Berger, is an important contribution to understanding the cultural fault lines that threaten social cohesion.
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The State of Religious Freedom, in World Affairs » Read Now
by Peter L. Berger. 16 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...THE STATE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Remarks by Peter L. Berger Most well-meaning people are likely to agree that both development and religious liberty are humanly valuable...
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Religions and Globalisation, in European Judaism » Read Now
by Peter L. Berger. 7 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library
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The Neoconservative Critique of Liberal Evangelicals: A Response to Berger and Hunter, in Review of Religious Research » Read Now
by Kyle Cleveland. 11 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Commentary 82 (October):62-7. Berger, Peter L. and Richard J. Neuhaus...Revolution . New York: Doubleday. Berger, Peter L. 1976a "The greening of American...Brunswick:...
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The Place of Bonhoeffer: Problems and Possibilities in His Thought ("Sociology and Ecclesiology" by Peter Berger begins on p. 53) » Read Now
by Martin E. Marty. 224 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...by MARTIN E. MARTY with: PETER BERGER GEORGE FORELL REGINALD FULLER...Concerning Jesus Christ Elsewhere Peter Berger has written that "in our situation...Sociology and...
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The Limits of Social Cohesion: Conflict and Mediation in Pluralist Societies » Read Now
by Peter L. Berger. 396 pgs.

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This book, edited by renowned sociologist Peter Berger, is an important contribution to understanding the cultural fault lines that threaten social cohesion.
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The Meaning of Culture: Moving the Postmodern Critique Forward ("Sense-Meaning, Reality, and Sign Systems: Berger, Luckmann, and Geertz" begins on p. 45) » Read Now
by Kenneth Allan. 198 pgs.

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In review of the major theoretical approaches to culture, Allan argues that the structure of culture has been overemphasized and affect-meaning neglected. This approach to studying culture has as its basis the social construction of meaning and reality and emphasizes micro-level processes and emotion.
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Social Theory: The Multicultural and Classic Readings ("Society as a Human Product" by Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann begins on p. 384) » Read Now
by Charles Lemert. 674 pgs.

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"A rich, highly textured, historically sweeping, & strikingly inclusive collection that aims to reconstruct, perhaps for the first time, the actual dialogue of contemporary social thought." Jeffrey Alexander University of California at Los Angeles "Charles Lemert captures the surfacing of multiple...
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"A rich, highly textured, historically sweeping, & strikingly inclusive collection that aims to reconstruct, perhaps for the first time, the actual dialogue of contemporary social thought." Jeffrey Alexander University of California at Los Angeles "Charles Lemert captures the surfacing of multiple theoretical voices in the postmodern era. No theory course should be without Social Theory." Steve Seidman State University of New York at Albany
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The Gross National Product and the Gods, in The McKinsey Quarterly » Read Now
by Peter L. Berger. 14 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library