Michael Stausberg

1.1k total citations
68 papers, 416 citations indexed

About

Michael Stausberg is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Stausberg has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 416 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 41 papers in Philosophy and 14 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Michael Stausberg's work include Religion and Society Interactions (39 papers), Study and Philosophy of Religion (23 papers) and Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (14 papers). Michael Stausberg is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (39 papers), Study and Philosophy of Religion (23 papers) and Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (14 papers). Michael Stausberg collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Ireland and Canada. Michael Stausberg's co-authors include Steven Engler, Stuart A. Wright, Carole M. Cusack, Ingvild Sælid Gilhus, Reinhard Schulze, Manfred Schneider, Moojan Momen, Léon Wurmser and Bernhard Lang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion and Journal of Contemporary Religion.

In The Last Decade

Michael Stausberg

58 papers receiving 354 citations

Peers

Michael Stausberg
Kocku von Stuckrad Brazil
Gavin Flood United Kingdom
Robert S. Ellwood United States
Ivan Strenski United States
Rudolf Otto Germany
Kevin Schilbrack United States
Sam D. Gill United States
Marion Bowman United Kingdom
Sarah Coakley United Kingdom
Carol P. Christ United States
Kocku von Stuckrad Brazil
Michael Stausberg
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All Works

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Stausberg, Michael. (2024). 21st Century Theories of Religion. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo).
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Stausberg, Michael, et al.. (2023). A Normative Turn in the Study of Religions?. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 36(1). 43–57. 2 indexed citations
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Stausberg, Michael, et al.. (2023). Survey Zoroastrians: Online Religious Identification in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 62(4). 823–844. 2 indexed citations
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Stausberg, Michael. (2023). The New Science of the Enchanted Universe: An Anthropology of Most of Humanity. Religion. 53(3). 576–580. 14 indexed citations
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Stausberg, Michael. (2021). Religion: A Very Short Introduction. Religion. 51(3). 472–476.
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Stausberg, Michael. (2020). Considering Comparison: A Method for Religious Studies. Religion. 50(4). 741–744. 18 indexed citations
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Stausberg, Michael. (2019). Religion, Theory, Critique: Classic and Contemporary Approaches and Methodologies, edited by Richard King. Numen. 66(1). 95–98. 1 indexed citations
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Stausberg, Michael. (2015). Methods for the Study of Religious Change: From Religious Studies to Worldview Studies. Journal of Contemporary Religion. 30(3). 521–523. 7 indexed citations
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Stausberg, Michael, et al.. (2014). Gerardus van der Leeuw Religion in Essence and Manifestation. 143–154.
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Stausberg, Michael. (2014). Advocacy in the study of religion\s. Religion. 44(2). 220–232. 2 indexed citations
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Stausberg, Michael, et al.. (2014). Defining Magic. 9 indexed citations
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Stausberg, Michael. (2012). A new theory of religion? Introducing the review symposium on Manuel A. Vásquez:More Than Belief(2011). Religion. 42(4). 597–608. 1 indexed citations
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Schneider, Manfred, et al.. (2012). Echnaton und Zarathustra. 2 indexed citations
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Engler, Steven & Michael Stausberg. (2011). Introductory essay. Crisis and creativity: opportunities and threats in the global study of religion\s. Religion. 41(2). 127–143. 17 indexed citations
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Stausberg, Michael. (2010). From 1799 to 2009:Religious Experience Reconsidered—background, argument, responses. Religion. 40(4). 279–285. 1 indexed citations
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Stausberg, Michael. (2010). Distinctions, Differentiations, Ontology, and Non-humans in Theories of Religion. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 22(4). 354–374. 20 indexed citations
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Stausberg, Michael. (2008). Theorising Religion. Classical and Contemporary Debates. Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte. 60(2). 179–182. 17 indexed citations
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Stausberg, Michael. (2002). Die Religion Zarathushtras : Geschichte, Gegenwart, Rituale. W. Kohlhammer eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Stausberg, Michael. (1998). Rec. av Albert de Jong: Traditions of the Magi. Zoroastrianism in Greek and Latin literature; Leiden: Brill, 1997. Temenos - Nordic Journal for the Study of Religion. 34. 273–279. 11 indexed citations
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