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Author Berger, Peter L., 1929-2017, author.

Title The many altars of modernity : toward a paradigm for religion in a pluralist age / Peter L. Berger.

Publication Info. New York : Walter De Gruyter, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Print version is xiii, 147 pages.
Contents The pluralist phenomenon -- Pluralism and individual faith -- Pluralism and religious institutions -- The secular discourse -- Religion and multiple modernities -- The political management of pluralism -- Modern altars in everyday life / response by Nancy T. Ammerman -- Toward a new paradign for the sociology of religion? / response by Detlef Pollack -- Agency-driven secularization and Chinese experiments in multiple modernities / response by Fenggang Yang.
Summary This book is the summation of many decades of work by Peter L. Berger. It outlines a new paradigm for understanding religion and pluralism in an age of multiple modernities. Along the way, Berger addresses a wide range of issues spanning individual faith, interreligious socieities, and the political order. The book also includes responses from three eminent scholars of religion: Nancy Ammerman, Detlef Pollack, and Fenggang Yang.
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Subject Religious pluralism.
Religious pluralism.
Pluralism.
Pluralism.
Civilization, Modern.
Civilization, Modern.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9781614517504
ISBN 9781614519676 (electronic book)
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