Social Construction In Peter Berger's 'The Sacred Canopy'

Reread the book review of Peter Berger’s The Sacred Canopy. He calls religion a “social construct.” [Note – Some use the phrase “social construction.”] What is a social construct? Is it something true, or merely something useful? If religion really is a social construction, what implications might this have for how people practice religion? Would it make any difference at all?

A social construct is an idea or way of life that seems acceptable to those who agree with it. Social constructs do not reflect the world as a whole, rather the views of individual in that particular society. Social constructs are merely something useful to society. If religion really is a social contract that would mean people practice religion according to the views