The Sacred Canopy

The Sacred Canopy Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion

Paperback (01 Sep 1990)

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Publisher's Synopsis

An absorbing and original examination that brilliantly argues that religion is a product of the society from which it springs-featuring illustrations drawn from a variety of primitive, ancient, and contemporary religions.

In this book, Berger that religion is the "sacred canopy" which every human society builds over its world to give it meaning, expanding on theories of knowledge that he first explored (with Thomas Luckmann) in The Social Construction of Reality.

Book information

ISBN: 9780385073059
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint: Anchor Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.6
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 229
Weight: 188g
Height: 133mm
Width: 203mm
Spine width: 20mm