Peter Berger and the study of religion / edited by Linda Woodhead with Paul Heelas and David Martin.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Berger, Peter L., 1929-2017.
• Woodhead, Linda.
• Heelas, Paul.
• Martin, David, 1929-2019.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Berger, Peter L., 1929-2017.
• Religion and sociology.

Physical Description:

viii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

Summary:

"Peter Berger and the Study of Religion" is a comprehensive introduction to both the work of Peter Berger and to current thought on the central issues and ideas in the study of religion. The themes and subjects covered in the essays include the social construction of religion, religion and modernity, the secularization debate, religion and economic cultures and signals of transcendence. A postscript by Peter Berger himself, responding to the essays, completes this definitive overview.

Contents:

Postscript / Peter Berger.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-208) and index.

ISBN:

• 0415215315
• 0415215323

OCLC:

46319616