Peter L. Berger and the Sociology of Religion:50 Years after The Sacred Canopy '18
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How and why did The Sacred Canopy by Peter L. Berger (1929-2017) become a classic? How have scholars used Berger's ideas over the past 50 years since its publication? How are these ideas relevant to the future of the sociology of religion? This book explores these questions by providing a broad overview, as well as more focussed studies, of Berger's work. The chapters discuss aspects of Berger's classic text, the `systematic' sociological theorising on religion, and the `historical' theorising on secularisation. The articles also critically examine Berger's reversal regarding secularisation and the suggested `desecularisation' of the world. The approaches range from disciplinary history to applications of Berger's ideas. The Sacred Canopy includes contributions from Nancy Ammerman, Steve Bruce, David Feltmate, Effie Fokas, Titus Hjelm, D. Paul Johnson, Hubert Knoblauch, Silke Steets, Riyaz Timol, and Bryan S. Turner.