The Precarious Vision: A Sociologist Looks At Social Fictions And Christian Faith
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Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
What happens when a sociologist turns a cold, analytical eye upon the warm certainties of religious faith? Peter L. Berger's The Precarious Vision confronts this very tension, arguing that the social structures humanity constructs — its institutions, its moral codes, its collective beliefs — are, at their core, elaborate fictions, and that Christian faith must be understood and lived within this unsettling reality. Berger presents a rigorous sociological dissection of the human world, revealing how societies sustain themselves through shared illusions, and then poses the provocative question: what, if anything, survives this unmasking when applied to Christianity itself? A foundational work in the sociology of religion, The Precarious Vision showcases Berger's signature gift for bridging the empirical and the existential with intellectual precision and unflinching candor. Writing with the authority of a social scientist and the moral seriousness of a theologian, he illustrates how authentic faith cannot rest on comfortable social consensus but must instead be forged in full acknowledgment of the fragility of human meaning-making. For any reader who has ever questioned the foundations upon which belief is built, this work remains a startlingly relevant and challenging provocation.
Author: Peter L. Berger
Format: Hardback
Genre: Religion
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
What happens when a sociologist turns a cold, analytical eye upon the warm certainties of religious faith? Peter L. Berger's The Precarious Vision confronts this very tension, arguing that the social structures humanity constructs — its institutions, its moral codes, its collective beliefs — are, at their core, elaborate fictions, and that Christian faith must be understood and lived within this unsettling reality. Berger presents a rigorous sociological dissection of the human world, revealing how societies sustain themselves through shared illusions, and then poses the provocative question: what, if anything, survives this unmasking when applied to Christianity itself? A foundational work in the sociology of religion, The Precarious Vision showcases Berger's signature gift for bridging the empirical and the existential with intellectual precision and unflinching candor. Writing with the authority of a social scientist and the moral seriousness of a theologian, he illustrates how authentic faith cannot rest on comfortable social consensus but must instead be forged in full acknowledgment of the fragility of human meaning-making. For any reader who has ever questioned the foundations upon which belief is built, this work remains a startlingly relevant and challenging provocation.