| − | '''Peter L. Berger''' (March 17, 1929 to June 27, 2017) is an Austrian-born American sociologist best known for his work in the fields of the sociology of knowledge/religion, the study of modernization, and various theoretical contributions to sociology. According to ''Christianity Today'', "Berger wrote of his religious self-identification: “I’d always have a hard time choosing between ‘[[Nones|none]]—no religious affiliation,’ ‘relatively conservative [[Lutheran]],’ and ‘[[agnosticism|agnostic]].’” (He opined on evangelicals regularly.)." | + | '''Peter L. Berger''' (March 17, 1929 to June 27, 2017) is an Austrian-born American sociologist best known for his work in the fields of the sociology of knowledge/religion, the study of modernization, and various theoretical contributions to sociology. According to ''Christianity Today'', "Berger wrote of his religious self-identification: “I’d always have a hard time choosing between ‘[[Nones|none]]—no religious affiliation,’ ‘relatively conservative [[Lutheran]],’ and ‘[[agnosticism|agnostic]].’” (He opined on evangelicals regularly.)."*<ref>[http://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2017/june/died-peter-berger-sociologist-religion-secularization-theor.html Died: Peter Berger, Prominent Sociologist of Religion], ''Christianity Today'', 2017</ref> |