Peter L. Berger (Vienna 1929), sociologist and renowned theologian, is director of the Institute on Religion and World Affairs at Boston University. His works have been translated into several languages, his recent publications include titles in Castilian Limits of Social Cohesion: Conflict and mediation in pluralist societies (1999), Risa redeemer: the comic dimension of human experience (1999), Globalizations many: cultural diversity in the contemporary world (2002), the sacred canopy: for a sociological theory (2005).