Peter Berger and the Study of Religion

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-21531-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 527 g

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-secularization
A postscript by Peter Berger, responding to the essays, completes this overview of this major figure's work.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heelas, Paul

Martin, David

Woodhead, Linda

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Constructivism or Confucianism?, Linda Woodhead; Part 1 Berger on religion and theology; Chapter 1 Berger: an appreciation, DavidMartin; Chapter 2 Berger and his collaborator(s), ThomasLuckmann; Chapter 3 Berger: theology and sociology, Gary Dorrien; Part 2 Religion, spirituality and the discontents of modernity; Chapter 4 Homeless minds today?, Paul Heelas, Linda Woodhead; Chapter 5 A New Age theodicy for a new age, Colin Campbell; Part 3 Secularization and Sacralization; Chapter 6 The curious case of the unnecessary recantation: Berger and secularization, Steve Bruce; Chapter 7 The persistence of institutional religion in modern Europe, Grace Davie; Chapter 8 The twofold limit of the notion of secularization, Danièle Hervieu-Léger; Part 4 Signals of transcendence; Chapter 9 Berger’s vision in retrospect, Richard K. Fenn; Chapter 10 Berger and New Testament Studies, David G. Horrell; Chapter 11 Berger’s anthropological theology; Chapter 12 Postscript, PeterBerger;

Über Autor(innen)

Linda Woodhead is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at Lancaster University. She is the editor of Routledge’s forthcoming Religion in theModern World and editor (with Paul Heelas) of Religion in Modern Times:An Interpretive Anthology (2000)., Paul Heelas is Professor in Religion and Modernity at Lancaster University., David Martin is a Visiting Professor at Lancaster University and Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the London School of Economics.