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Berger Peter L. <1929-> |
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Titolo |
The many altars of modernity : toward a paradigm for religion in a pluralist age / / Peter L. Berger |
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Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-61451-967-6 |
1-61451-647-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (162 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religious pluralism |
Pluralism |
Civilization, Modern |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The Pluralist Phenomenon -- Chapter 2: Pluralism and Individual Faith -- Chapter 3: Pluralism and Religious Institutions -- Chapter 4: The Secular Discourse -- Chapter 5: Religion and Multiple Modernities -- Chapter 6: The Political Management of Pluralism -- Response by Nancy T. Ammerman: Modern Altars in Everyday Life -- Response by Detlef Pollack: Toward a New Paradigm for the Sociology of Religion? -- Response by Fenggang Yang: Agency-Driven Secularization and Chinese Experiments in Multiple Modernities -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is the summation of many decades of work by Peter L. Berger, an internationally renowned sociologist of religion. Secularization theory-which saw modernity as leading to a decline of religion-has been empirically falsified. It should be replaced by a nuanced theory of pluralism. In this new book, Berger outlines the possible foundations for such a theory, addressing a wide range of issues spanning individual faith, interreligious societies, and the political order. He proposes a conversation around a new paradigm for religion and pluralism in an age of multiple modernities. The book also includes responses from three eminent scholars of religion: Nancy |
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