Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist: How to Explain the World Without Becoming a Bore
by Berger, Peter L
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Peter L. Berger (Boston, MA) is University Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, at Boston University and the founder and Senior Research Fellow of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs. He has written numerous books on sociological theory, the sociology of religion, and Third World development. Among his more recent books are In Praise of Doubt (with Anton Zijderveld); Religious America, Secular Europe? (with Grace Davie and Effie Fokas); Questions of Faith; Many Globalizations (edited with Samuel Huntington); and Redeeming Laughter: The Comic Dimension of Human Experience . Professor Berger has received honorary degrees from Loyola University, University of Notre Dame, University of Geneva, University of Munich, Sofia University, and Renmin University of China.
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- Title
- Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist: How to Explain the World Without Becoming a Bore
- Author
- Berger, Peter L
- Book Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1616143894
- ISBN 13
- 9781616143893
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books
- Place of Publication
- Amherst, New York, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 2011-06-21
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