We mourn Thomas Luckmann (1927-2016)
doyen of the sociology of religion
Links: FAZ Lebenswege Wikipedia
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We mourn Thomas Luckmann (1927-2016)
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Similar to Edinburgh and Tokyo: Soldiers worshipped as martyrs in Ottawa
In 2011, in two long blog entries, I described my research and opinion on the religious martyr worship of soldiers killed in World War II in Edinburgh and Tokyo. During my travels, I encounter similar phenomena time and again, so also most recently during my inaugural visit to the Canadian Government’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom.
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Pope Francis, further reflections
After my participation at the inauguration of the Pope and my short conversation with the Pope the following day (which was carried live on Italian television and was also broadcast by Phoenix in German), I […]