Peter L. Berger (1929–2017)
Autor(a) de The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge
About the Author
Peter Ludwig Berger was born in Vienna, Austria on March 17, 1929. He immigrated to the United States when he was 17 years old. He received a bachelor's degree from Wagner College in 1949 and did his doctoral work at the New School in Manhattan. He was a theologian who was known for his work in the mostrar mais sociology of knowledge, understanding how humans experience everyday reality. He taught at several universities including Boston University, the New School for Social Research, Brooklyn College, Rutgers University, and Boston College. He wrote many books during his lifetime including The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge, A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural, The Noise of Solemn Assemblies: Christian Commitment, The Religious Establishment in America, The Heretical Imperative: Contemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation, and A Far Glory: The Quest for Faith in an Age of Credulity. He died from heart failure on June 27, 2017 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Peter L. Berger
The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge (1966) 1,684 exemplares
The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World Politics (1999) — Editor — 146 exemplares
The noise of solemn assemblies; Christian commitment and the religious establishment in America (1961) 102 exemplares
The Capitalist Revolution: Fifty Propositions About Prosperity, Equality, and Liberty (1970) 78 exemplares
Questions of Faith: A Skeptical Affirmation of Christianity (Religion and Spirituality in the Modern World) (2003) 61 exemplares
The Many Altars of Modernity: Toward a Paradigm for Religion in a Pluralist Age (2014) 34 exemplares
Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist: How to Explain the World Without Becoming a Bore (2011) 31 exemplares
Between Relativism and Fundamentalism: Religious Resources for a Middle Position (2009) — Editor — 28 exemplares
To Empower People: The Role of Mediating Structures in Public Policy (Studies in political and social processes) (1985) 27 exemplares
The precarious vision; a sociologist looks at social fictions and Christian faith (1961) 23 exemplares
The Limits of Social Cohesion: Conflict and Mediation in Pluralist Societies, 1998 | Online Research Library: Questia (1997) 22 exemplares
Against the World for the World: The Hartford Appeal and the Future of American Religion (1976) 18 exemplares
Christian Social Ethics in a Global Era (Abingdon Press Studies in Christian Ethics and Economic Life, Vol 1) (1995) 16 exemplares
The Hidden Form of Capital: Spiritual Influences in Societal Progress (Anthem Studies in Development and Globalization) (2010) 13 exemplares
Aspiring to freedom: Commentaries on John Paul II's encyclical The Social concerns of the Church (1988) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Capitalism and Equality in the Third World: Modern Capitalism, Volume II (Volume 2) (1986) 4 exemplares
Religion in a Revolutionary Society (Distinguished lecture series on the Bicentennial) (1974) 2 exemplares
Speaking to the Third World: Essays on Democracy and Development (Studies in Religion, Philosophy, & Public Policy) (1985) 2 exemplares
comprendre la sociologie 2 exemplares
Il brusio degli angeli 1 exemplar
Desarrollo humano y crecimiento económico : confrontación y diálogo : documentos del Encuentro "Desarrollo Humano y… (1989) 1 exemplar
Modernlesme ve Bilinc 1 exemplar
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Berger, Peter Ludwig
- Data de nascimento
- 1929-03-17
- Data de falecimento
- 2017-06-27
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Austria (birth)
USA (naturalized) - Local de nascimento
- Vienna, Austria
- Local de falecimento
- Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
- Causa da morte
- heart failure
- Locais de residência
- New York, New York, USA
Bad Boll, Germany
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Hartford, Connecticut, USA - Educação
- Wagner College (BA|1949)
The New School (MA|1950)
The New School (PhD|1954) - Ocupações
- sociologist
- Relações
- Berger, Brigitte (wife)
- Organizações
- Evangelische Akademie
Universidad de Carolina del Norte
Hartford Seminary
The New School
Rutgers University
Boston College (mostrar todos 10)
Boston University
Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs
American Sociological Association
Eastern Sociological Society - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Mannes Sperber Prize ( [1992])
Honorary Doctorate (Loyola University)
Honorary Doctorate (Wagner College)
Honorary Doctorate (University of Notre Dame)
Honorary Doctorate (University of Geneva)
Honorary Doctorate (University of Munich)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 58
- Also by
- 3
- Membros
- 5,511
- Popularidade
- #4,525
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 34
- ISBN
- 257
- Línguas
- 22
- Marcado como favorito
- 10