Peter L. Berger and the sociology of religion: 50 years after the Sacred canopy
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Peter L. Berger and the Sociology of Religion -- Sociology of religion and sociology of knowledge -- Elements of a sociological theory of religion -- Secularization a...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2018
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| Dans: | Année: 2018 |
| Édition: | First edition. |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Berger, Peter L. 1929-2017
/ Sociologie des religions
/ Changement religieux
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Religion and sociology
B Electronic books B Berger, Peter L. ; 1929-2017 ; Sacred canopy B Recueil d'articles |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
Print version: Hjelm, Titus: Peter L. Berger and the Sociology of Religion : 50 Years after the Sacred Canopy. - London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,c2018. - 9781350061880 |
| Résumé: | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Peter L. Berger and the Sociology of Religion -- Sociology of religion and sociology of knowledge -- Elements of a sociological theory of religion -- Secularization and desecularization -- Engaging Berger -- Chapter 2: Vulnerability and Plausibility Structures: Peter L. Berger, Arnold Gehlen and Philosophical Anthropology -- Gehlen and Berger on institutions -- The ambiguities of Berger's notion of 'facticity' -- Vulnerability and fragility -- Conclusion: On changing one's mind -- Chapter 3: From Canopies to Conversations: The Continuing Significance of 'Plausibility Structures -- The power of conversation -- Religion beyond consciousness -- Chapter 4: The Sacred Canopy as a Global Construction Project: Incorporating both Emotional and Cognitive Resources -- The Sacred Canopy's intellectual context -- Innate sociality -- Religious pluralism versus monopolies -- Global universalism versus multiple particularisms -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: The Sacred Canopy as a Classic: Why Berger's Conceptual Apparatus Remains Foundational 50 Years Later -- Part 1 of The Sacred Canopy: The systematic elements -- A lesson from Durkheim scholarship: Ideas are contagious -- A wide range of applications: Notes from a young Bergerian -- Conclusion: A legacy half-achieved -- Chapter 6: Sacred Canopies and Invisible Religions: The Dialectical Construction of Religion in Berger and Luckmann -- Religion and Berger's biography -- The Social Construction of Reality and religion -- Luckmann's Invisible Religion -- From The Sacred Canopy to The Many Altars of Modernity -- The dialectics of Berger and Luckmann -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Secularization: From Sacred Canopies to Golf Umbrellas -- Secularization in The Sacred Canopy Berger's recantation -- The importance of authority and numbers -- From sacred canopy to golf umbrellas -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: 8Islamic Revivalism and Europe's Secular 'Sacred Canopy': Exploring the Debunking Capacity of Public Religion -- Theodicy, alienation and the weaving of a sacred canopy of secularity -- Looking, acting and thinking differently: The Tablighi Jama'at in modern Britain -- Strange bedfellows: Islamic Revivalism and Eurosecularity -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Religious American and Secular European Courts, or vice versa? A Study of Institutional Cross-Pollination -- Law and religious mobilization in the United States and Europe: Setting the stage -- Legal activism from the United States to Europe -- Europe as fertile ground -- Interveners in their own voices -- Questions to take forward -- Chapter 10: Assessing the Influence of The Sacred Canopy: A Missed Opportunity for Social Constructionism? -- The aim of The Sacred Canopy and early reactions -- The Influence of The Sacred Canopy: Numbers -- Secularization -- Plausibility structures -- Constructionist sociology of religion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 1350061891 |