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An absorbing and original examination that brilliantly argues that religion is a product of the society from which it springs—featuring illustrations drawn fr

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 publ

This book is the summation of many decades of work by Peter L. Berger, an internationally renowned sociologist of religion. Secularization theory—which saw mo

Revised and expanded version of the author's thesis (doctoral--Princeton University, 2008) under the title: Canopies: the framing of sacred space in the Byzanti