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Sep 01, 1990 | ISBN 9780385073059 Buy
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Sep 01, 1990 | ISBN 9780385073059
This absorbing and original examination brilliantly argues that religion is a product of the society from which it springs–that it is the “sacred canopy” which every human society builds over its world to give it meaning. In this book, Berger expands on theories of knowledge that he first explored (with Thomas Luckmann) in The Social Construction of Reality. With illustrations drawn from a variety of primitive, ancient, and contemporary religions.
Peter L. Berger (Boston, MA) was a University Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Boston University and the founder and Senior Research Fellow of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs. He wrote numerous books on sociological theory, the sociology of… More about Peter L. Berger
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