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Full Name: Peter Berger
Biography:
(1929-2017) Theologian, author. Peter Berger was born in Vienna, Austria, and died in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Author's Timeline:
1929 (Unknown) County
Peter Ludwig Berger was born in Vienna, Austria, on March 17, 1929. 
2017 (Unknown) County
Peter Berger died at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on June 27, 2017. 
1966 (Unknown) County
The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge
(Pub: Allen Lane; 2nd Revised edition (1967) ISBN: 0713900199 / 978-0713900194)
Nonfiction written with Thomas Luckmann. 
1969 (Unknown) County
A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural
(Pub: Doubleday ISBN: )
Nonfiction. 
1949 Richmond County
Professor Berger graduated from Wagner College on Staten Island, New York, in 1949. 
1961 (Unknown) County
The Noise of Solemn Assemblies: Christian Commitment and the Religious Establishment in America
(Pub: Doubleday and Company ISBN: )
Nonfiction. 
1961 (Unknown) County
The Precarious Vision: A Sociologist Looks at Social Fictions and Christian Faith
(Pub: Doubleday. ISBN: )
Nonfiction. 
1979 (Unknown) County
The Heretical Imperative: Contemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation
(Pub: Doubleday Publishing ISBN: )
Nonfiction. 
1992 (Unknown) County
A Far Glory: The Quest for Faith in an Age of Credulity
(Pub: Free Press ISBN: 0029029309 / 978-0029029305)
Nonfiction. 
1970 (Unknown) County
Movement and Revolution
(Pub: Doubleday ISBN: )
Collection of essays written with Richard John Neuhaus. 
1963 (Unknown) County
Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective
(Pub: Doubleday ISBN: 9780385065290)
Nonfiction. 
1990 (Unknown) County
The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Social Theory of Religion
(Pub: Anchor; Reprint edition ISBN: 0385073054 / 978-0385073059)
Nonfiction. 
? New York County
Professor Berger did his doctoral work at and taught at the New School for Social Research. 
? Kings County
Professor Berger taught at Brooklyn College. 

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