Michael Stausberg (born 28 April 1966) is a German scholar on religion. He was born in

Köln Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

. He studied in

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and

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. He is now a professor at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

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. Apart from

Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism ( ), also called Mazdayasnā () or Beh-dīn (), is an Iranian religions, Iranian religion centred on the Avesta and the teachings of Zoroaster, Zarathushtra Spitama, who is more commonly referred to by the Greek translation, ...

, Zoroastrian priesthood in contemporary

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and related topics, Stausberg's interests encompass the history and terminology of the scientific study of religion,

ritual A ritual is a repeated, structured sequence of actions or behaviors that alters the internal or external state of an individual, group, or environment, regardless of conscious understanding, emotional context, or symbolic meaning. Traditionally ...

& ritual theory, and religion & modern tourism. In 2012 he was elected fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

Academic career

He received his M.A. from

University of Bonn The University of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (), is a public research university in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the () on 18 October 1818 by Frederick Willi ...

in 1991 and received his Dr. phil. from University of Bonn in 1995. He became a Docent at the

University of Uppsala Uppsala University (UU) () is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially founded in the 15th century, the university rose to s ...

in 2000 and became a Privat Dozent at the

University of Heidelberg Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (; ), is a public university, public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386 on instruction of Pope Urban VI, Heidelberg is List ...

in 2003. Between 1992-1995 he had the Graduiertenkolleg Scholarship for „Interkulturelle religiöse bzw. religionsgeschichtliche Studien“ (University of Bonn). Between 1996-2000 he had the Feodor Lynen Scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (University of Uppsala). He became Professor in the scientific study of religion at the

in 2004. Between 2005-2007 he was Director for the scientific study of religion at the University of Berge.

Selected bibliography

* '' Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion'' (2016) (ed.) * Riter och ritteorier. Religionshistoriska diskussioner och teoretiska ansatser (2002) * Die Religion Zarathushtras. Geschichte - Gegenwart - Rituale. 3 Volumes, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag ** Volume 1, 2002, ** Volume 2, 2002, ** Volume 3, 2004, * Zoroastrian Rituals in Context (2004) (ed.) * Zarathustra und seine Religion (2005) * Theorizing Rituals ( 2006/7) (co-editor) * Contemporary Theories of Religion (2009) (ed.) * Religion im modernen Tourismus (2010) * Religion and Modern Tourism (Forthcoming) * Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion. (2014) (ed.)

Other academic activities

* Co-editor (with Steven Engler) of the journal ''

Religion Religion is a range of social system, social-cultural systems, including designated religious behaviour, behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, religious text, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics in religion, ethics, or ...

'' * Co-editor (with Gustavo Benavides) of the book-series ''Religion and Reason: Theory in the Study of Religion'' ( Walter de Gruyter)

References

External links

* http://www.hf.uib.no/i/religion/tilsette/stausberg.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20070612154815/http://www.zegk.uni-heidelberg.de/religionswissenschaft/Stausberg.htm * http://www.uib.no/personer/Michael.Stausberg * http://www.michaelstausberg.net/ 1966 births Living people University of Bonn alumni University of Bergen alumni Academic staff of the University of Bergen Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Zoroastrian studies scholars {{Germany-theologian-stub