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Following her Magister's degree, Warburg was employed at the University of Copenhagen as an [[associate professor]]. She became professor of the Sociology of Religion at the University of Copenhagen in 2004. Her inaugural lecture was entitled "Religionssociologien and globalization". She helped create the University of Copenhagen's inter-faculty research project "Religion in the 21st Century" (2003–2007) and served as Vice President of the Steering Group.
Following her Magister's degree, Warburg was employed at the University of Copenhagen as an [[associate professor]]. She became professor of the Sociology of Religion at the University of Copenhagen in 2004. Her inaugural lecture was entitled "Religionssociologien and globalization". She helped create the University of Copenhagen's inter-faculty research project "Religion in the 21st Century" (2003–2007) and served as Vice President of the Steering Group.


She has authored, co-authored, edited and contributed to many 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 [[Bahá'í Faith|Bahá'í]] religion in Denmark, the U.S. and Israel. This led in 2003 to publication of ''Baha'i'' (Signature Books). She has co-chaired two Danish research networks investigating cultural interactions and new religious movements.<ref>{{cite book | last = Barker | first = Eileen | title = The Centrality of Religion in Social Life: Essays in Honour of James A. Beckford | publisher = Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. | year = 2008 | location = Aldershot, Hampshire, United Kingdom | page = xi | isbn = 978-0-7546-6515-1 }}</ref>
She has authored, co-authored, edited and contributed to many 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 [[Bahá'í Faith|Bahá'í]] religion in Denmark, the U.S. and Israel. This led in 2003 to publication of ''Baha'i'' (Signature Books). She has co-chaired two Danish research networks investigating cultural interactions and new religious movements<ref>{{cite book | last = Barker | first = Eileen | title = The Centrality of Religion in Social Life: Essays in Honour of James A. Beckford | publisher = Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. | year = 2008 | location = Aldershot, Hampshire, United Kingdom | page = xi | isbn = 978-0-7546-6515-1 }}</ref> and has headed the Department of Religious History at the University of Copenhagen.<ref>{{cite news |last=Højsgaard |first=Morten Thomsen |date=3 March 2010 |title=Margit Warburg - fra baha'i til burka |newspaper=Kristeligt-Dagblad |publisher=Kristeligt Dagblad |location=Copenhagen }}</ref>


Warburg is a member of the Advisory Committee on Religious Denominations which reports to Denmark's Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs<ref>{{cite book | last = Lucas | first = Phillip Charles |author2=Thomas Robbins | title = New Religious Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Legal, Political, and Social Challenges in Global Perspective | publisher = Routledge | year = 2004 | location = London, United Kingdom | page = 39 | isbn = 978-0-415-96577-4 }}</ref>
Warburg is a member of the Advisory Committee on Religious Denominations which reports to Denmark's Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs<ref>{{cite book | last = Lucas | first = Phillip Charles |author2=Thomas Robbins | title = New Religious Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Legal, Political, and Social Challenges in Global Perspective | publisher = Routledge | year = 2004 | location = London, United Kingdom | page = 39 | isbn = 978-0-415-96577-4 }}</ref>

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Margit Warburg
photograph of a woman speaking into a microphone
Born (1952-02-15) 15 February 1952 (age 72)
Copenhagen
NationalityDanish
Occupation(s)Sociologist, Author, Professor

Margit Warburg (born 15 February 1952, in Copenhagen) is a noted Danish sociologist of religion. Since 2004, she is Professor of Sociology of Religion at the University of Copenhagen. She was an Associate Professor at the same university 1979–2004.[1]

Academic career

Margit Warburg received the University of Copenhagen's 1976 gold medal for answering an economic problem in Christian studies. She received the Magister (PhD) degree in sociology of religion from the University of Copenhagen in 1979, and her Dr.Phil. (DLitt) degree in 2007. Her Dr.Phil. dissertation was entitled Citizens of the World. A History and Sociology of the Baha'is from a Global Perspective.

Following her Magister's degree, Warburg was employed at the University of Copenhagen as an associate professor. She became professor of the Sociology of Religion at the University of Copenhagen in 2004. Her inaugural lecture was entitled "Religionssociologien and globalization". She helped create the University of Copenhagen's inter-faculty research project "Religion in the 21st Century" (2003–2007) and served as Vice President of the Steering Group.

She has authored, co-authored, edited and contributed to many 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 Bahá'í religion in Denmark, the U.S. and Israel. This led in 2003 to publication of Baha'i (Signature Books). She has co-chaired two Danish research networks investigating cultural interactions and new religious movements[2] and has headed the Department of Religious History at the University of Copenhagen.[3]

Warburg is a member of the Advisory Committee on Religious Denominations which reports to Denmark's Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs[4]

Selected bibliography

  • Warburg, Margit. 2006. Citizens of the World. A History and Sociology of the Baha'is from a Globalisation Perspective. Numen Book Series, Studies in the History of Religions. 106, xxx. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.
  • Højsgaard, M.T.; Warburg, M. (editors). 2005. Religion and Cyberspace. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
  • Warburg, M.; Hvithamar, A.; Warmind M. L. (editors). 2005. Baha'i and Globalisation. Renner Studies on New Religions. Vol. 7. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press.
  • Warburg, Margit. 2003. Baha' i, Studies in Contemporary Religion. Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books.
  • Barker, Eileen; Warburg, Margit (editors). 1998. New Religions and New Religiosity. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press.

Notes

  1. ^ Højsgaard, Morten T.; Margit Warburg (2005). Religion and Cyberspace. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. p. x. ISBN 0-415-35763-2.
  2. ^ Barker, Eileen (2008). The Centrality of Religion in Social Life: Essays in Honour of James A. Beckford. Aldershot, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. xi. ISBN 978-0-7546-6515-1.
  3. ^ Højsgaard, Morten Thomsen (3 March 2010). "Margit Warburg - fra baha'i til burka". Kristeligt-Dagblad. Copenhagen: Kristeligt Dagblad.
  4. ^ Lucas, Phillip Charles; Thomas Robbins (2004). New Religious Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Legal, Political, and Social Challenges in Global Perspective. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-415-96577-4.

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