Peter Berger: 22 books
In Praise of Doubt
How to Have Convictions Without Becoming a Fanatic
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
“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
In In Praise of Doubt, two world-renowned social scientists, Peter L. Berger (The Homeless Mind,...
Questions of Faith
A Skeptical Affirmation of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2015
Leading religious and cultural commentator, Peter Berger, explores how and what we can believe in modern times.
Deals clearly with questions such as ‘Does God exist? What was so special about Jesus? How can one be Christian in a pluralistic society?
Structured around key phrases...
by Peter Berger, Hansfried Kellner
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Il matrimonio come costruzione sociale è un esercizio di microsociologia del sapere che evidenzia la capacità dell’istituzione di generare un nomos condiviso. Con il matrimonio due estranei costruiscono, giorno dopo giorno, un universo simbolico condiviso e convalidato che li farà diventare persone...
Developing Cultures
Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2006
Developing Cultures: Case Studies is a collection of 27 essays by a group of leading internationals scholars on the role of culture and cultural change in the evolution of countries and regions around the world.
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...
by Lawson, Jim; Murphy, Steve; Clarrain
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
This volume collects the stories "Blind Faith," "Scars," "Darkness Weaves," and "Virus" as well as back-up stories and pinups by classic Turtles writers and artists Jim Lawson, Dean Clarrain, Chris Allan, Eric Talbot, Steve Murphy, Dan Berger, and Peter Laird. Collects issues #5–8 of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume Two.
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...
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Deutschland in Aufruhr
Language: German
Release Date: November 22, 2018
Ein Aufruf zur Verteidigung der Demokratie und Meinungsfreiheit Die bekanntesten Autoren der Freien Medien bilden mit diesem Buch zum ersten Mal ein gemeinsames Bündnis für eine unabhängige und freie Meinungsbildung fernab von journalistischem Einheitsbrei, staatlicher Deutungshoheit, Zensur oder...
Alles über Minischweine
Die Wiesenaver- oder: "wat willste denn mit Minischweine?"
Language: German
Release Date: February 18, 2011
Die Wiesenauer - oder: "Wat willste denn mit Minischweine?" Zusammen mit dem Züchter Peter Schwarz. Angefangen hat alles mit einem Interview mit dem Züchter Peter Schwarz. Der Artikel steht hier: http://www.faktuell.de/Hintergrund/Background129.shtml Danach kamen mehr als 1000 Mailanfragen; Tenor:...
One Horn to Rule Them All
A Purple Unicorn Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Unicorns, with their single ivory horn, are elusive and magical creatures of myth. Yet even more elusive are the purple unicorns.
First sighted at the Superstars Writing Seminar, their legend has grown year after year until it could only be contained in this anthology. Nineteen storytellers,...
Nichts als Lügen!
Kurzgeschichten
Language: German
Release Date: March 30, 2014
Wissenschaftliche Studien belegen: Wir lügen jeden Tag, bewusst oder unbewusst, in Gedanken oder laut. Wir verschonen die Lieben mit der Wahrheit und lügen stattdessen, damit es erträglicher bleibt. Oder wir lügen, weil wir ein schlechtes Gewissen haben und eine Ausrede brauchen. Es gibt viele...
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