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(1929-2017) Theologian, author. Peter Berger was born in Vienna, Austria, and died in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Full Name

Peter Berger

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


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OTHER

Professor Berger did his doctoral work at and taught at the New School for Social Research.

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OTHER

Professor Berger taught at Brooklyn College.

1929

BIRTH

Peter Ludwig Berger was born in Vienna, Austria, on March 17, 1929.

1949

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Professor Berger graduated from Wagner College on Staten Island, New York, in 1949.

1961

LITWORK

The Noise of Solemn Assemblies: Christian Commitment and the Religious Establishment in America
Doubleday and Company

Nonfiction.

1961

LITWORK

The Precarious Vision: A Sociologist Looks at Social Fictions and Christian Faith
Doubleday.

Nonfiction.

1963

LITWORK

Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective
Doubleday
9780385065290
Nonfiction.

1966

LITWORK

The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge
Allen Lane; 2nd Revised edition (1967)
0713900199 / 978-0713900194
Nonfiction written with Thomas Luckmann.

1969

LITWORK

A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural
Doubleday

Nonfiction.

1970

LITWORK

Movement and Revolution
Doubleday

Collection of essays written with Richard John Neuhaus.

1979

LITWORK

The Heretical Imperative: Contemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation
Doubleday Publishing

Nonfiction.

1990

LITWORK

The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Social Theory of Religion
Anchor; Reprint edition
0385073054 / 978-0385073059
Nonfiction.

1992

LITWORK

A Far Glory: The Quest for Faith in an Age of Credulity
Free Press
0029029309 / 978-0029029305
Nonfiction.

2017

DEATH

Peter Berger died at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on June 27, 2017.

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