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Peter Berger

A Rumor of Angels

Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural

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Influential scholar Peter L. Berger reveals five signs that point to the supernatural and its place in a modern secular society Acclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger examines religion in twentieth-century Western society, exploring the social nature of knowledge and its effect on religious belief. Using five signs evident in ordinary life-order, play, hope, damnation, and humor-Berger calls for a rediscovery of the supernatural as a crucial, rich dimension of humanity. Conceived as a response to his influential book The Sacred Canopy, Berger eschews technical jargon and speaks directly and systematically to those, like himself, wh… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Berger, Peter L.
  • ISBN: 978-1-4532-1543-2
  • EAN: 9781453215432
  • Produktnummer: 22525479
  • Verlag: Open Road Media
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
  • Seitenangabe: 129 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 2'236 KB

Über den Autor


Award-winning scholar and author Peter L. Berger (b. 1929) has been hailed as one of the most important modern American sociologists. Berger graduated from Wagner College in New York in 1949 before receiving his master's degree and doctorate from The New School in New York in 1950 and 1954, respectively. Today, Berger is a professor emeritus of religion, sociology, and theology at the University of Boston and director of the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture, which studies relationships between economic development and sociocultural change. Berger's works include Invitation to Sociology (1963), The Social Construction of Reality (1966) with Thomas Luckmann, The Sacred Canopy (1967), and A Rumor of Angels (1969).

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