Margit Warburg

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Margit Warburg
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Born (1952-02-15) 15 February 1952 (age 71)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Alma mater University of Copenhagen
Occupation(s) Sociologist, author, professor
Years active1979–present

Margit Warburg (born 15 February 1952) is a Danish sociologist of religion. Since 2004, she has been professor of Sociology of Religion in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen. [1] [2] She was an associate professor at the same university from 1979 to 2004. [3]

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Academic career

Margit Warburg received the University of Copenhagen's 1976 gold medal for answering an economic problem in Christian studies. She received her Magister (PhD) degree in sociology of religion from the University of Copenhagen in 1979, and her Dr.Phil. (DLitt) degree in 2007 with a monographic dissertation on the Baháʼí Faith titled Citizens of the World: A History and Sociology of the Baháʼís from a Globalisation Perspective. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Following her Magister's degree, Warburg was employed at the University of Copenhagen as an associate professor. She became professor of Sociology of Religion in the university's Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies in 2004. Her inaugural lecture was entitled Sociology of Religion and the globalization (Danish : Religionssociologien og globaliseringen). [9] She helped create the University of Copenhagen's inter-faculty research project "Religion in the 21st Century" (2003–2007), co-chaired its steering group, and has headed the Department of Religious History. [10] [11] [12] [13]

She has authored, co-authored, and edited books and articles dealing with the study and sociology of religion. With Eileen Barker, she co-edited New Religions and New Religiosity in 1998 (Aarhus University Press). She also did extensive archival work and fieldwork on the Baháʼí religion in Denmark, the U.S., Israel, and Iran. [14] [15] This led in 2003 to publication of Baháʼí (Signature Books).

One focus of Warburg's research is the effect on Danish society and identity of increasing religious diversity. [16] [17] She has written about civil religion, [18] [19] and presented about mixed marriages as a part of the "Religion Report" show on Danmarks Radio Program 1. [20]

Warburg is a member of the Advisory Committee on Religious Denominations which reports to Denmark's Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs, and she has co-chaired the Research Network on New Religions (RENNER). [11] [21] [22] [23]

Selected bibliography

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  1. ↑ University of Copenhagen. "Margit Warburg – Staff". University of Copenhagen Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Margit Warburg – Københavns Universitet". Faculty of Religion, Copenhagen University. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Morten T. Højsgaard; Margit Warburg (2005). Religion and Cyberspace. London, United Kingdom: Psychology Press. p. x. ISBN   978-0-415-35763-0.
  4. ↑ Margit Warburg (2006). Citizens of the World: A History and Sociology of the Baháʼís from a Globalisation Perspective. Numen Book Series Studies in the History of Religions. Vol. 106. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. ISBN   978-90-04-14373-9.
  5. ↑ Bente Clausen (17 January 2007). "En menneskealder med baha'ier". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Professor Margit Warburgs doktorafhandling" (in Danish). Baháʼí-samfundet i Danmark. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Anthony Lee (28 October 2011). The Baháʼí Faith in Africa: Establishing a New Religious Movement, 1952–1962. Leiden, The Netherlands: BRILL. pp. 15–. ISBN   90-04-20684-1.
  8. ↑ Peter B. Clarke; Peter Beyer (7 May 2009). The World's Religions: Continuities and Transformations. Taylor & Francis. pp. 40–54. ISBN   978-1-135-21100-4.
  9. ↑ Margit Warburg (2006). Religionssociologien og globaliseringen. Chaos. Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier (in Danish). Vol. 46. Copenhagen, Denmark: Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 37–51. ISBN   978-87-635-0574-1.
  10. ↑ Højsgaard, Morten Thomsen (3 March 2010). "Margit Warburg – fra baha'i til burka". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish).
  11. 1 2 Eileen Barker (2010). The Centrality of Religion in Social Life: Essays in Honour of James A. Beckford. Aldershot, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 11–. ISBN   978-1-4094-0343-2.
  12. ↑ Margit Warburg; Hans Raun Iversen; Lisbet Christoffersen; Hanne Petersen (28 June 2013). Religion in the 21st Century: Challenges and Transformations. Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN   978-1-4094-8086-0.
  13. ↑ Daniella Kuzmanovic; Andreas Bandak (10 October 2014). Qualitative Analysis in the Making. Taylor & Francis. pp. 317–. ISBN   978-1-135-04244-8.
  14. ↑ Margit Warburg (1985). Iranske dokumenter: forfølgelsen af bahá'íerne i Iran (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Rhodos. ISBN   978-87-7245-029-2.
  15. ↑ Margit Warburg (1995). Kompendium til undervisning i babisme og baha'i (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Institut for Religionshistorie, Københavns Universitet.
  16. ↑ Peter Gundelach (2011). Små og store forandringer: danskernes værdier siden 1981 (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Hans Reitzels Forlag. pp. 315–. ISBN   978-87-412-5396-1.
  17. ↑ "Bør vi beholde blasfemiparagraffen?" . Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  18. ↑ "Civilreligion ubevidst religion for folket". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). 3 January 2007.
  19. ↑ "Gud bevare Danmark". Kristendom.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  20. ↑ "To religioner – dobbelt så mange udfordringer" (in Danish). DR P1. 4 July 2011. Archived from the original (audio) on 1 February 2015.
  21. ↑ James A. Beckford; James T. Richardson (2 September 2003). Challenging Religion. Routledge. pp. 12–. ISBN   978-1-134-39204-9.
  22. ↑ Københavns universitet (1997). Aarbog for københavns Universitet, kommunitetet og den Polytekniske læreanstalt, Danmarks tekniske højskole (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Universitetet.
  23. ↑ Phillip Charles Lucas; Thomas Robbins (2004). New Religious Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Legal, Political, and Social Challenges in Global Perspective. London, United Kingdom: Psychology Press. p. 39. ISBN   978-0-415-96577-4.
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