List of Contributors Preface and Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Peter L. Berger and the Sociology of Religion, Titus Hjelm (University College London, UK) 2 . Vulnerability and Plausibility Structures: Peter L. Berger, Arnold Gehlen and Philosophical Anthropology, Bryan S. Turner (The City University of New York, USA) 3. From Canopies to Conversations: The Continuing Significance of “Plausibility Structures”, Nancy Ammerman (Boston University, USA) 4. The Sacred Canopy as a Global Construction Project: Incorporating both Emotional and Cognitive Resources, Doyle Paul Johnson (Independent scholar) 5. The Sacred Canopy as a Classic: Why Berger’s Conceptual Apparatus Remains Foundational 50 Years Later, David Feltmate (Auburn University at Montgomery, USA) 6. Sacred Canopies and Invisible Religions: The Dialectical Construction of Religion in Berger and Luckmann, Hubert Knoblauch (The Technical University of Berlin, Germany) and Silke Steets (Leipzig University, Germany) 7. Secularization: From Sacred Canopies to Golf Umbrellas, Steve Bruce (University of Aberdeen, UK) 8. Islamic Revivalism and Europe’s Secular ‘Sacred Canopy’: Exploring the Debunking Capacity of Public Religion, Riyaz Timol (Cardiff University, UK) 9. Religious American and Secular European Courts, or vice versa? A study of institutional cross-pollination, Effie Fokas (Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Greece) 10. Assessing the Influence of The Sacred Canopy: A Missed Opportunity for Social Constructionism?, Titus Hjelm (University College London, UK) Notes Bibliography Index

I've personally been eager for someone to put together a volume of this kind. There’s no question that The Sacred Canopy is a classic that is still influential and deserves this kind of critical appraisal.