A guide to balancing faith with secular commitments offers a lifetime of personal and professional reflections on the theme of faith in the age of credulity, arguing that faith requires a constant will.

A Far Glory: The Quest for Faith in an Age of Credulity

PETER L. BERGER

Religion & Spirituality

Free Press

This lucid and lively book, punctuated with witty, incisive examples, is addressed both to the layman who wants to know what sociology is all about and to students and sociologists who are concerned about the larger implications and dimensions of their discipline. Professor Berger places sociology in the humanist tradition and recognizes it as a "peculiarly modern, peculiarly timely form of critical thought." Without underestimating the importance of scientific procedures in sociology, he points out its essential affinity with history and philosophy, and he shows how sociology in this sense can contribute to a fuller awareness of the human world. "Unlike puppets," he notes, "we have the possibility of stopping in our movements, looking up and perceiving the machinery by which we have been moved. In this act lies the first step towards freedom." Professor Berger discusses this consciousness in detail, in relation to one's own biography, to the operations of social institutions, and to the makeup of an individual as a product of this institutions. In each instance, he outlines the major contributions to sociology of such classical sociologists as Weber, Pareto, and Drukheim in Europe; Veblen, Cooley, and Mead in the United States; and some of the most important names in the field today.

Invitation to Sociology (Pelican)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Penguin Books, Ltd.

A Rumour of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural.

Reassesses the sociological approach to the observation and interpretation of modern life, and looks at the problems of studying other cultures, the bonds of society, and social engineering

Sociology Reinterpreted

Penguin??Books

The War Over the Family: Capturing the Middle Ground

Brigitte Berger

The Social Construction of Reality

Literature & Fiction

Thomas Luckmann

Short Stories & Anthologies

FACING UP TO MODERNITY (PENGUIN EDUCATION)

Basic sociological concepts and perspectives are emphasized while examining key stages of social development in an individual

Sociology: A biographical approach (Penguin education)

The Precarious Vision A Sociologist Looks At Social Fictions And Christian Faith

The Precarious Vision a Sociologist Looks at Social Fictions and Christian Faith

Franklin Classics Trade Press

Used book in good condition, due to its age it could contain normal signs of use

Pyramids of Sacrifice: Political Ethics and Social Change

Anchor

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