Michael Bergunder

868 total citations
26 papers, 242 citations indexed

About

Michael Bergunder is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Religious studies and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Bergunder has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 242 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Religious studies and 9 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Michael Bergunder's work include Religion and Society Interactions (10 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (9 papers) and Christian Theology and Mission (8 papers). Michael Bergunder is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (10 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (9 papers) and Christian Theology and Mission (8 papers). Michael Bergunder collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Algeria and United States. Michael Bergunder's co-authors include André Droogers, Axel Michaels and Ulrike Schröder and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion and International Review of Mission.

In The Last Decade

Michael Bergunder

24 papers receiving 197 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Bergunder Germany 8 172 86 61 46 29 26 242
Barbara Harshav 6 122 0.7× 64 0.7× 15 0.2× 33 0.7× 34 1.2× 19 187
S.N. Balagangadhara Belgium 9 159 0.9× 102 1.2× 63 1.0× 31 0.7× 76 2.6× 21 259
Jeremy Stolow Canada 6 149 0.9× 101 1.2× 59 1.0× 13 0.3× 18 0.6× 14 219
Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair United States 4 142 0.8× 90 1.0× 51 0.8× 18 0.4× 116 4.0× 18 237
D. E. Mungello United States 9 158 0.9× 35 0.4× 40 0.7× 22 0.5× 23 0.8× 32 247
Juan E. Campo United States 6 132 0.8× 20 0.2× 34 0.6× 14 0.3× 58 2.0× 9 213
Katharine Hodgkin United Kingdom 7 125 0.7× 27 0.3× 50 0.8× 13 0.3× 36 1.2× 15 275
Joanne Punzo Waghorne United States 9 102 0.6× 41 0.5× 87 1.4× 22 0.5× 53 1.8× 19 205
Gerdien Jonker Germany 8 122 0.7× 12 0.1× 33 0.5× 29 0.6× 46 1.6× 23 205
Elizabeth A. Castelli United States 7 184 1.1× 39 0.5× 79 1.3× 127 2.8× 52 1.8× 18 322

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Bergunder

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Bergunder

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All Works

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Bergunder, Michael. (2024). Navigating Academic Positionality and Eurocentrism in the Definition of Esotericism. 24(2). 219–222. 1 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael. (2020). Hinduism, theosophy, and the Bhagavad Gita within a global religious history of the nineteenth century. 65–107. 1 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael. (2020). Umkämpfte Historisierung: die Zwillingsgeburt von "Religion" und "Esoterik" in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts und das Programm einer globalen Religionsgeschichte. 47–131. 9 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael, et al.. (2019). Ritual, Caste, and Religion in Colonial South India. University Library Heidelberg. 4 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael. (2016). “Religion” and “Science” within a Global Religious History. 16(1). 86–141. 15 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael. (2011). Was ist Religion? Kulturwissenschaftliche Überlegungen zum Gegenstand der Religionswissenschaft. University Library Heidelberg. 19(1-2). 3–55. 20 indexed citations
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Michaels, Axel, et al.. (2010). Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual. Harrassowitz eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael. (2010). The Cultural Turn and studying global Pentecostalism. 51–73. 2 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael. (2010). What is Esotericism? Cultural Studies Approaches and the Problems of Definition in Religious Studies. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 22(1). 9–36. 6 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael, et al.. (2010). Studying Global PentecostalismTheories and Methods. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 48 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael. (2010). What is Esotericism? Cultural Studies Approaches and the Problems of Definition in Religious Studies. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 22(1). 9–36. 20 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael. (2009). Movimiento pentecostal en América Latina: Teorías sociológicas y debates teológicos. Cultura y religión. 3(1). 5–34. 4 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael. (2009). Der »Cultural Turn« und die Erforschung der weltweiten Pfingstbewegung. Evangelische Theologie. 69(4). 2 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael. (2008). The South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century. 5 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael. (2007). Constructing Pentecostalism: On Issues Of Methodology And Representation. 27(1). 52–71. 3 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael. (2004). Contested past. Historiographia Linguistica. 31(1). 59–104. 5 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael. (2002). THE PENTECOSTAL MOVEMENT AND BASIC ECCLESIAL COMMUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA: SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES AND THEOLOGICAL DEBATES*. International Review of Mission. 91(361). 163–186. 3 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael. (2001). MIRACLE HEALING AND EXORCISM: THE SOUTH INDIAN PENTECOSTAL MOVEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF POPULAR HINDUISM*. International Review of Mission. 90(356-357). 103–112. 4 indexed citations
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Bergunder, Michael. (1999). Missionsberichte aus Indien im 18. Jahrhundert : ihre Bedeutung für die europäische Geistesgeschichte und ihr wissenschaftlicher Quellenwert für die Indienkunde. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations

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