A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the SupernaturalKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1970 M01 6 - 128 pages Written by one of the most revered sociologists of the of the 20th century, A Rumor of Angels gives readers a unique insight into the complicated relationship between religion and society. It is undeniable that religion has had a profound effect on civilization. Readers will learn just how religion and society affect one another, and how that relationship has changed in modern times, with the secularization of mainstream society. Questioning modern morality, Peter Berger offers one of the most thought provoking books on religion in the 20th century. Praise for Peter Berger “A book of great practical wisdom by authors who have profound insight into the intellectual dynamics governing contemporary life.”—Dallas Willard, author of Knowing Christ Today |
Contents
The Alleged Demise of the Supernatural | 1 |
Relativizing | 28 |
Starting with | 49 |
Copyright | |
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aggiornamento Alfred Schutz 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 confrontation consciousness contemporary course crisis culture death dimension discovery ecstasy ecumenical empirical reason ence everyday existential Feuerbach frame of reference fundamental gestures God's hope human experience individual inductive faith intellectual Jesus Jewish Judaism liberalism logical Luckmann man's manifest Marxist mean milieux modern world moral natural neo-orthodox notions one's option particular Paul Tillich perience perspective philosophical philosophical anthropology plausibility structure play possible practical Protestant Protestantism psychological question reality redemption rediscovery relativizing religion religious traditions revelation RUMOR OF ANGELS secularization sense signals of transcendence simply social socio-historical sociologists sociology of knowledge suggest supernatural taken-for-granted theo theodicies theologian theological enterprise theological thought Thomas Luckmann tion trend truth ultimate vindication Wolfhart Pannenberg words