Peter L. Berger - Works

Works

Berger's influential sociological works include:

  • The Noise of Solemn Assemblies (1961)
  • Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective (1963)
  • The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge (1966) with Thomas Luckmann, ISBN 0-385-05898-5
  • The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion (1967). Anchor Books 1990 paperback: ISBN 0-385-07305-4
  • A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural (1969). Anchor Books (in print): ISBN 0-385-06630-9, 1990 expanded edition (now out of print): ISBN 0-385-41592-3

More recently he has written broadly but with particular emphasis on the sociology of religion and capitalism:

  • Sociology (1972) with Brigitte Berger. Basic Books. - Dutch translation: Sociologie (1972). Basisboeken, ISBN 90-263-2006-X
  • The Homeless Mind: Modernization and Consciousness (1973) with Brigitte Berger and Hansfried Kellner. Random House, ISBN 0-394-48422-3
  • Pyramids of Sacrifice: Political Ethics and Social Change (1974)
  • Facing Up to Modernity: Excursions in Society, Politics and Religion (1979)
  • The Heretical Imperative: Contemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation (1979)
  • The Other Side of God: A Polarity in World Religions (editor, 1981). ISBN 0-385-17424-1
  • The War Over the Family: Capturing the Middle Ground (1983) with Brigitte Berger
  • The Capitalist Revolution (1986) New York: Basic Books.
  • The Capitalist Spirit: Toward a Religious Ethic of Wealth Creation (editor, 1990)
  • A Far Glory: The Quest for Faith in an Age of Credulity (1992)
  • Redeeming Laughter: The Comic Dimension of Human Experience (1997), ISBN 3-11-015562-1
  • Four Faces of Global Culture (The National Interest, Fall 1997)
  • The Limits of Social Cohesion: Conflict and Mediation in Pluralist Societies: A Report of the Bertelsmann Foundation to the Club of Rome (1998)
  • The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World Politics (editor, et al., 1999). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, ISBN 0-8028-4691-2
  • Peter Berger and the Study of Religion (edited by Linda Woodhead et al., 2001; includes a Postscript by Berger)
  • Many Globalizations: Cultural Diversity in the Contemporary World (2002) with Samuel P. Huntington. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-515146-6
  • Questions of Faith: A Skeptical Affirmation of Christianity (2003). Blackwell Publishing, ISBN 1-4051-0848-7
  • In Praise of Doubt: How to Have Convictions Without Becoming a Fanatic (2009) with Anton Zijderveld. HarperOne. ISBN 978-0-06-177816-2
  • Dialogue Between Religious Traditions in an Age of Relativity (2011) Mohr Siebeck, ISBN 978-3-16-150792-2

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