This book is the summation of many decades of work by Peter L. Berger an internationally
renowned sociologist of religion. Secularization theory-which saw modernity as leading to a
decline of religion-has been empirically falsified. It should be replaced by a nuanced theory
of pluralism. In this new book Berger outlines the possible foundations for such a theory
addressing a wide range of issues spanning individual faith interreligious societies and the
political order. He proposes a conversation around a new paradigm for religion and pluralism in
an age of multiple modernities. The book also includes responses from three eminent scholars of
religion: Nancy Ammerman Detlef Pollack and Fenggang Yang.
