I think what I and most other sociologists of religion wrote in the 1960s about secularization was a mistake. Our underlying argument was that secularization and modernity go hand in hand. With more modernization comes more secularization. -Peter L. Berger Religion
In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state. -Peter L. Berger Power
Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others. -Peter L. Berger Society
The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened. -Peter L. Berger History
