The social reality of religion / Peter L. Berger
1969, First Edition. London : Faber. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #445509
ISBN: 0571088651
Physical description; viii, 231 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [189]-212). Contents; I. Systemic elements ; Religion and world-construction ; Religion and world-maintenance ; The problem of theodicy ; Religion and alienation -- II. Historical elements ; The process of secularization ; Secularization and the problem of plausibility ; Secularization and the problem of legitimation ; Appendix I. Sociological definitions of religion ; Appendix II. Sociological and theological perspectives. Subjects; Religion and sociology. Christian sociology. Religion. Secularization (Theology). Natural theology.
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