L Berger: 25 books
The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Influential scholar Peter L. Berger explores the sociological underpinnings of religion and the rise of a modern secular society
Acclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger carefully lays out an understanding of religion as a historical, societal mechanism in this classic work...
A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural
Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Influential scholar Peter L. Berger reveals five signs that point to the supernatural and its place in a modern secular society
Acclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger examines religion in twentieth-century Western society, exploring the social nature of knowledge and its effect on...
Invitation to Sociology
A Humanistic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
The most popularly read, adapted, anthologized, and incorporated primer on sociology ever written for modern readers
Acclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger lays the groundwork for a clear understanding of sociology in his straightforward introduction to the field, much...
The Social Construction of Reality
A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
A watershed event in the field of sociology, this text introduced “a major breakthrough in the sociology of knowledge and sociological theory generally” (George Simpson, American Sociological Review**).**
In this seminal book, Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann examine how knowledge forms...
Law's Religion
Religious Difference and the Claims of Constitutionalism
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Prevailing stories about law and religion place great faith in the capacity of legal multiculturalism, rights-based toleration, and conceptions of the secular to manage issues raised by religious difference. Yet the relationship between law and religion consistently proves more fraught than such...
The Limits Of Social Cohesion
Conflict And Mediation In Pluralist Societies
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Normative conflicts center on fundamental disagreements over issues of public morality and the identity of a society. In thinking about normative conflicts on a global scale, two principal questions arise. First, are there common characteristics of such conflicts worldwide? Second, which institutions...
by John Judis, Alan L. Berger, Bruce S. Warshal
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
When he assumed the presidency in April 1945, Harry S. Truman inherited various international sources of turmoil, including the ambiguity of American policy toward political Zionism. Three years later, President Truman recognized the State of Israel on May 14, 1948, just 11 minutes after the announcement...
Post-Holocaust Jewish–Christian Dialogue
After the Flood, before the Rainbow
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
This volume sheds light on the transformed post-Holocaust relationship between Catholics and Jews. Once implacable theological foes, the two traditions have travelled a great distance in coming to view the other with respect and dignity. Responding to the horrors of Auschwitz, the Catholic Church...
by Peter L. Berger
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2013
This state-of-the-field overview of Pentecostalism around the world focuses on cultural developments among second- and third-generation adherents in regions with large Pentecostal communities, considering the impact of these developments on political participation, citizenship, gender relations, and...
Legal Persuasion
A Rhetorical Approach to the Science
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
This book develops a central theme: legal persuasion results from making and breaking mental connections. This concept of making connections inspired the authors to take a rhetorical approach to the science of legal persuasion. That singular approach resulted in the integration of research from cognitive...
Human Development, Language and the Future of Mankind
The Madness of Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Drawing on and integrating unorthodox thought from a broad range of disciplines including clinical psychology, linguistics, philosophy, natural science and psychoanalysis, this book offers a provocative, original analysis of the global threats to our survival, and proposes a remedy.
The Father Wears Son Glasses
The Rhyme and Reason for Everything
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
The Father Wears Son Glasses is a journey down life’s avenue with its endless questions, pitfalls, battles and victories. It is also a look into the Heart of a Heavenly Father and the marvelous Grace, Love and Mercy He bestows on all of His children, including His prodigals. You will be encouraged...
by Bob Brown, Gwyndyn T. Alexander, Lou J. Berger
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017
More Alternative Truths is an exploration of the potential consequences of today’s politics in our daily lives. More than our individual lives, but our American identity.
This exploration defines this anthology. So many of the stories ask what has America become? What will it be in the...
Revolutionizing Innovation
Users, Communities, and Open Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
A comprehensive and multidisciplinary view of the emerging paradigm of user and open innovation, offering both theoretical and empirical perspectives.
The last two decades have witnessed an extraordinary growth of new models of managing and organizing the innovation process that emphasizes...
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