A rumor of angels: modern society and the rediscovery of the supernatural

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Doubleday, 1970 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 129 pages
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With unparalleled creativity and impeccable scholarship, this path-breaking classic confronts head-on the thesis that 'God is dead.' The new essays include discussions on religious politicization and the dilemmas of hardline morality.

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This was a thought provoking book. Althoughbitvhas been a while since it was first published, I think it contributors timeless truths and wisdom to the whole church community. Read full review

Contents

Relativizing
35
Starting with Man
61
Confronting
95
Copyright

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Common terms and phrases

Aggiornamento Alfred Schutz alleged anthropological starting point anthropology argument basic become belief biblical bility C. S. Lewis called Catholic Catholicism challenge Christ Christian Christology church cognitive minority comic conception concern confrontation consciousness contemporary course crisis culture death dimension discovery divine ecstasy ecumenical empirical reason ence everyday existentialism Feuerbach frame of reference fundamental God's hope human experience individual inductive faith intellectual Jesus Jewish Judaism logic man's manifest means milieux modern world moral natural neo-orthodox notions one's option particular Paul Tillich perspective philosophical philosophical anthropology plausibility structure play possible practical projection Protestant Protestantism psychological question reality redemption relativizing religion religious traditions revelation role RUMOR OF ANGELS sectarian secularization sense signals of transcendence simply social society socio-historical sociologists sociology of knowledge suggest supernatural taken-for-granted theodicies theologian theological enterprise theological thought Thomas Luckmann tion trend truth ultimate vindication Wolfhart Pannenberg words world view

About the author (1970)

Peter L. Berger is a Viennese-born American sociologist educated at Wagner College and the New School for Social Research in New York. He teaches at Boston University and directs the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture. Berger's work has focused on the sociology of knowledge, the sociology of economics, and the sociology of religion. His closest collaborator has been his wife, Brigitte Kellner Berger, who coauthored several volumes with him and has been a central influence on his work. Berger is perhaps best known for The Social Construction of Reality (1967) which he wrote with Thomas Luckmann. In this book, considered one of the most important works on the sociology of knowledge written in the twentieth century, the authors make a case for humanistic sociology that views human reality as socially constructed. They propose that sociological knowledge can best be achieved through a continuing conversation with history and philosophy.

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TitleA rumor of angels: modern society and the rediscovery of the supernatural
Anchor books
Volume 715 of A Doubleday Anchor book
AuthorPeter L. Berger
Editionrevised
PublisherDoubleday, 1970
Original fromthe University of Virginia
DigitizedJun 5, 2008
Length129 pages
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Body, Mind & Spirit / Supernatural
Religion / General
Social Science / Sociology of Religion
  
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