Peter L. Berger

University Professor
Professor of Sociology and Theology, College of Arts and Sciences and School of Theology
Director, Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs.

B.A.  Wagner College
M.A.  New School for Social Research
Ph.D.  New School for Social Research
Honorary degrees from Loyola University, Wagner College, University of Notre Dame, and University of Geneva (Switzerland), and University of Munich (Germany).

Professor Berger previously taught at the New School for Social Research, at Rutgers University, and at Boston College. He has written numerous books on sociological theory, the sociology of religion, and Third World development, which have been translated into dozens of foreign languages. Among his more recent books are Redeeming Laughter: The Comic Dimension of Human Experience (1997); Modernity, Pluralism and the Crisis of Meaning (with Thomas Luckmann, 1995); The Capitalist Revolution: Fifty Propositions About Prosperity, Equality and Liberty (1988); and The War Over the Family: Capturing the Middle Ground (with Brigitte Berger, 1983). In 1992, Professor Berger was awarded the Mannes Sperber Prize, presented by the Austrian government for significant contributions to culture. Since 1985, Professor Berger has been Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs. The institute is a research center committed to systematic study of relationships between economic development and sociocultural change in different parts of the world.