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Peter L. Berger

Author of The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge

Includes the names: P. L. Berger, Peter L. Berger, Peter L. Berger, Peter L. ed. Berger, Peter Ludwig Berger
Also includes: Peter Berger (3)

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The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of… 872 copies, 6 reviews
The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion 486 copies, 1 review
Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective 382 copies, 1 review
A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural 210 copies, 1 review
Homeless Mind: Modernization and Consciousness 82 copies
Heretical Imperative: Contemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation 82 copies, 1 review
The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World Politics 81 copies
In Praise of Doubt: How to Have Convictions Without Becoming a Fanatic 72 copies, 1 review
Pyramids of Sacrifice: Political Ethics and Social Change 65 copies
The noise of solemn assemblies; Christian commitment and the religious… 62 copies
Many Globalizations: Cultural Diversity in the Contemporary World 47 copies
Sociology: A Biographical Approach 40 copies
The Capitalist Revolution: Fifty Propositions About Prosperity, Equality,… 39 copies, 1 review
A Far Glory 32 copies

Questions of Faith: A Skeptical Affirmation of Christianity (Religion and… 28 copies, 1 review

Redeeming Laughter: The Comic Dimension of Human Experience 26 copies

War over the Family: Capturing the Middle Ground 24 copies

Facing Up to Modernity: Excursions in Society, Politics, and Religion 21 copies

Sociology Reinterpreted: An Essay on Method and Vocation 21 copies

Movement and Revolution 21 copies

Between Relativism and Fundamentalism: Religious Resources for a Middle… 18 copies

The Social Reality of Religion 17 copies

To Empower People: The Role of Mediating Structures in Public Policy… 15 copies

Religious America, Secular Europe?: A Theme and Variations 13 copies

The precarious vision; a sociologist looks at social fictions and… 12 copies

The Capitalist Spirit: Toward a Religious Ethic of Wealth Creation 12 copies

Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist: How to Explain the World Without… 10 copies

The Other side of God : a polarity in world religions 8 copies

Against the World for the World: The Hartford Appeal and the Future of… 7 copies

The Hidden Form of Capital: Spiritual Influences in Societal Progress… 6 copies

Marxism and sociology;: Views from Eastern Europe 6 copies

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Berger, Peter L.

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Berger, Peter Ludwig

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Vienna, Austria

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Vienna, Austria (birthplace)

New York, New York, USA

Bad Boll, Germany

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Education

Wagner College (BA ∙ 1949)

The New School (MA ∙ 1950)

The New School (PhD ∙ 1954)

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Evangelische Akademie

Universidad de Carolina del Norte

Hartford Seminary

Rutgers University

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Mannes Sperber Prize ( [1992])

Honorary Doctorate (Loyola University)

Honorary Doctorate (Wagner College)

Honorary Doctorate (University of Notre Dame)

Honorary Doctorate (University of Geneva)

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