Desecularization of the World
Desecularization of the World
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Theorists of "secularization" have for two centuries been saying that religion must inevitably decline in the modern world. But today, much of the world is as religious as ever. This volume challenges the belief that the modern world is increasingly secular, showing instead that modernization more often strengthens religion. Seven leading cultu
About the Author
About the Author
Peter L. Berger (1929-2017) was a renowned sociologist and theologian. Over the course of his career, he taught at The New School for Social Research, Rutgers University, and Boston University, where he directed the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture. In 2010, he was awarded the Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize by the Faculty of Protestant Theology at the University of Tuebingen. Berger was the author or editor of numerous books, including The Social Construction of Reality (coauthored with Thomas Luckmann), Dialogue between Religious Traditions in an Age of Relativity, and The Many Altars of Modernity: Toward a Paradigm for Religion in a Pluralist Age.
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