Egil Asprem

1.1k total citations
41 papers, 376 citations indexed

About

Egil Asprem is a scholar working on Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Egil Asprem has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 376 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Philosophy, 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Egil Asprem's work include Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (26 papers), Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (9 papers) and Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs (5 papers). Egil Asprem is often cited by papers focused on Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (26 papers), Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (9 papers) and Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs (5 papers). Egil Asprem collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Sweden. Egil Asprem's co-authors include Ann Taves, Asbjørn Dyrendal, Elliott Ihm, David Robertson and Wouter J. Hanegraaff and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences and Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.

In The Last Decade

Egil Asprem

32 papers receiving 315 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Egil Asprem United States 11 177 164 84 79 49 41 376
Jeffrey J. Kripal United States 10 129 0.7× 124 0.8× 58 0.7× 50 0.6× 56 1.1× 36 328
Rudolf Otto Germany 5 121 0.7× 191 1.2× 54 0.6× 79 1.0× 52 1.1× 20 416
Moshé Idel Israel 11 240 1.4× 288 1.8× 51 0.6× 39 0.5× 40 0.8× 80 549
Robert S. Ellwood United States 12 105 0.6× 217 1.3× 43 0.5× 54 0.7× 31 0.6× 67 431
Gavin Flood United Kingdom 9 163 0.9× 212 1.3× 31 0.4× 51 0.6× 27 0.6× 33 457
Felicitas D. Goodman United States 10 77 0.4× 128 0.8× 92 1.1× 51 0.6× 50 1.0× 27 374
Sam Harris United States 5 89 0.5× 238 1.5× 59 0.7× 101 1.3× 43 0.9× 5 397
Paul J. Griffiths United States 13 211 1.2× 192 1.2× 38 0.5× 20 0.3× 33 0.7× 65 453
Kocku von Stuckrad Brazil 11 279 1.6× 251 1.5× 26 0.3× 51 0.6× 19 0.4× 70 470
Jacob Needleman United States 10 117 0.7× 110 0.7× 63 0.8× 40 0.5× 83 1.7× 24 363

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Egil Asprem

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Asprem, Egil, et al.. (2022). Religious Dimensions of Conspiracy Theories. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 2 indexed citations
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Asprem, Egil. (2020). The Magical Theory of Politics. Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 23(4). 15–42. 21 indexed citations
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Asprem, Egil, et al.. (2019). Hermes Explains. 1 indexed citations
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Asprem, Egil, et al.. (2018). Ethnographies of the Esoteric : Introducing Anthropological Methods and Theories to the Study of Contemporary Esotericism. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations
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Asprem, Egil. (2018). The Problem of Disenchantment. SUNY Press eBooks.
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Asprem, Egil, David Robertson, & Asbjørn Dyrendal. (2018). Afterword: Further Reflections, Future Directions. 527–534.
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Asprem, Egil & Ann Taves. (2018). Explanation and the Study of Religion. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 133–157. 2 indexed citations
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Asprem, Egil. (2018). Dialectics of Darkness. 4(2). 1 indexed citations
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Asprem, Egil. (2016). Esotericism and the Scholastic Imagination : The Origins of Esoteric Practice in Christian Kataphatic Spirituality. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Asprem, Egil. (2016). How Schrödinger’s Cat Became a Zombie. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 28(2). 113–140. 5 indexed citations
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Taves, Ann & Egil Asprem. (2016). Experience as event: event cognition and the study of (religious) experiences. Religion Brain & Behavior. 7(1). 43–62. 38 indexed citations
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Asprem, Egil. (2014). Beyond the West: Towards a New Comparativism in the Study of Esotericism. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 19 indexed citations
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Asprem, Egil. (2014). The Problem of Disenchantment. 29 indexed citations
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Asprem, Egil. (2014). The Problem of Disenchantment: Scientific Naturalism and Esoteric Discourse, 1900-1939. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 26 indexed citations
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Asprem, Egil. (2011). Pondering Imponderables: Occultism in the Mirror of Late Classical Physics. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 11(2). 129–165. 10 indexed citations
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Asprem, Egil. (2010). A nice arrangement of heterodoxies: William Mcdougall and the professionalization of psychical research. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 46(2). 123–143. 9 indexed citations
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Asprem, Egil. (2008). Heathens up North:Politics, Polemics and Contemporary Norse Paganism in Norway. Pomegranate The International Journal of Pagan Studies. 10(1). 41–69. 10 indexed citations
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Asprem, Egil. (2007). Kabbalah Recreata:. Pomegranate The International Journal of Pagan Studies. 9(2). 132–153. 1 indexed citations

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