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Sociology of religion

Berger's term for the modern condition in which religious belief has become a matter of choice, so that everyone must in effect select among options.

In sociology of religion, heretical imperative refers to Berger's term for the modern condition in which religious belief has become a matter of choice, so that everyone must in effect select among options. This meaning comes from Berger (1979) in The heretical imperative.[1]

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belief4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs condition2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs matter2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Berger, P. L. (1979). The heretical imperative. Collins. ISBN 9780385159678

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