The Role of Religious Experiences and Religious Institutions: Comparing Peter L. Berger’s and Hans Joas’ Approach to Religion

Hans Joas (born 1948) has repeatedly criticized Peter L. Berger (1929–2017) for placing religious experiences in the cognitive realm, where it runs the risk of being “contaminated” by secularization and pluralism. Instead, Joas has proposed to locate religious experiences in the “deeper layers” of t...

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Main Author: Deman, Isaak (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 34, Issue: 4, Pages: 328-348
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Joas, Hans 1948- / Berger, Peter L. 1929-2017 / Religious experience / Methodology / Religious sociology
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
Further subjects:B Peter L. Berger
B Religious Experience
B Methodology
B Theories
B Religion
B Hans Joas
B Religious Institution
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