Institutions provide procedures through which human conduct is patterned, compelled to go, in grooves deemed desirable by society. And this trick is performed by making these grooves appear to the individual as the only possible ones.
Peter L. BergerHe who has the bigger stick has the better chance of imposing his definitions of reality.
Peter L. BergerOne can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive - they're reacting to what they call secular humanism
Peter L. Berger