!!!Berger, Peter Ludwig

Berger, Peter Ludwig, b. Vienna, March 17, 1929, social 
scientist. Emigrated shortly after the end of World War II to the USA, 
where he completed his studies in the social sciences. 1956-1958 
assistant professor at the University of North Carolina and 1958-1963 
at the Hartford Theological Seminary. Afterwards professor at the New 
School for Social Research, at Rutgers University, New Jersey, and at 
Boston College. Since 1981 professor of sociology and theology at 
Boston University; since 1985 Director of the Institute for the Study 
of Economic Culture. One of his special areas of interest is the role 
of Protestantism in creating a sense of meaning in modern 
economically-oriented societies. Awarded numerous international 
academic prizes; Wittgenstein Prize 2000.

!Publications
Invitation to Sociology, 1963 (Einladung zur Soziologie, 
1966); The Social Construction of Reality, 1966 (Die soziale 
Konstruktion der Realitaet, 1969); The Sacred Canopy, 1967 (Zur 
Dialektik von Religion und Gesellschaft, 1973); A Rumor of Angels, 
1969 (Auf den Spuren der Engel, 1970); Sociology - A Biographical 
Approach, 1972 (Wir und die Gesellschaft, 1976); The Capitalist 
Revolution, 1986 (Die kapitalistische Revolution, 1991); A Far Glory, 
1993 (Sehnsucht nach Sinn, 1994); Redeeming Laughter, 1997 
(Erloesendes Lachen, 1998).


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