"Even though some parts of what many people believed were quite inaccurate sysreps [models], when measured by the 20^th-century norms of science, there was a unified, shared overview of the world. Peter Berger (1969), in an excellent book on the functions of religion, describes religion during the Middle Ages as a ‘sacred canopy’. As Berger tells us, this canopy held aloft a unified picture of the world, reassured individuals in the face of the uncertainties and vicissitudes of life, and provided a shared belief system. It served important human functions."

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