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The Many Altars of Modernity

Toward a Paradigm for Religion in a Pluralist Age
  • Peter L. Berger
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2014
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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 Ammerman, Detlef Pollack, and Fenggang Yang.

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Peter L. Berger, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Contents

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    Preface

    IX
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    Chapter 1: The Pluralist Phenomenon

    1
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    Chapter 2: Pluralism and Individual Faith

    17
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    Chapter 3: Pluralism and Religious Institutions

    34
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    Chapter 4: The Secular Discourse

    51
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    Chapter 5: Religion and Multiple Modernities

    68
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    Chapter 6: The Political Management of Pluralism

    79
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    Response by Nancy T. Ammerman: Modern Altars in Everyday Life

    94
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    Response by Detlef Pollack: Toward a New Paradigm for the Sociology of Religion?

    111
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    Response by Fenggang Yang: Agency-Driven Secularization and Chinese Experiments in Multiple Modernities

    123
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    Index

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eBook published on:
September 11, 2014
eBook ISBN:
9781614516477
Hardcover published on:
August 19, 2014
Hardcover ISBN:
9781614517504
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14
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147
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614516477
eBook ISBN: 9781614516477
Hardcover ISBN: 9781614517504
Keywords for this book
Religion; modernity; secularity; pluralism
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