Peter Berger and the Study of Religion
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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.
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.