Margit Warburg

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Margit Warburg
photograph of a woman speaking into a microphone
Born (1952-02-15) 15 February 1952 (age 72)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
Occupation(s)Sociologist, author, professor
Years active1979–present

Margit Warburg (born 15 February 1952) is a Danish sociologist of religion. Since 2004, she has been professor of Sociology of Religion in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen.[1][2] She was an associate professor at the same university from 1979 to 2004.[3]

Academic career

Margit Warburg received the University of Copenhagen's 1976 gold medal for answering an economic problem in Christian studies. She received her

Dr.Phil. (DLitt) degree in 2007 with a monographic dissertation on the Baháʼí Faith titled Citizens of the World: A History and Sociology of the Baháʼís from a Globalisation Perspective.[4][5][6][7][8]

Following her Magister's degree, Warburg was employed at the University of Copenhagen as an associate professor. She became professor of Sociology of Religion in the university's Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies in 2004. Her inaugural lecture was entitled Sociology of Religion and the globalization (Danish: Religionssociologien og globaliseringen).[9] She helped create the University of Copenhagen's inter-faculty research project "Religion in the 21st Century" (2003–2007), co-chaired its steering group, and has headed the Department of Religious History.[10][11][12][13]

She has authored, co-authored, and edited 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 Baháʼí religion in Denmark, the U.S., Israel, and Iran.[14][15] This led in 2003 to publication of Baháʼí (Signature Books).

One focus of Warburg's research is the effect on Danish society and identity of increasing religious diversity.[16][17] She has written about civil religion,[18][19] and presented about mixed marriages as a part of the "Religion Report" show on Danmarks Radio Program 1.[20]

Warburg is a member of the Advisory Committee on Religious Denominations which reports to Denmark's

Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs, and she has co-chaired the Research Network on New Religions (RENNER).[11][21][22][23]

Selected bibliography

References

  1. ^ University of Copenhagen. "Margit Warburg – Staff". University of Copenhagen Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Margit Warburg – Københavns Universitet". Faculty of Religion, Copenhagen University. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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  5. ^ Bente Clausen (17 January 2007). "En menneskealder med baha'ier". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Professor Margit Warburgs doktorafhandling" (in Danish). Baháʼí-samfundet i Danmark. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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  8. ISBN 978-1-135-21100-4
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  9. ISBN 978-87-635-0574-1
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  10. ^ Højsgaard, Morten Thomsen (3 March 2010). "Margit Warburg – fra baha'i til burka". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish).
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    ISBN 978-1-4094-0343-2
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  12. ISBN 978-1-4094-8086-0
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  13. ISBN 978-1-135-04244-8
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  14. ISBN 978-87-7245-029-2
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  15. ^ Margit Warburg (1995). Kompendium til undervisning i babisme og baha'i (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Institut for Religionshistorie, Københavns Universitet.
  16. ISBN 978-87-412-5396-1
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  17. ^ "Bør vi beholde blasfemiparagraffen?". Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  18. ^ "Civilreligion ubevidst religion for folket". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). 3 January 2007.
  19. ^ "Gud bevare Danmark". Kristendom.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  20. ^ "To religioner – dobbelt så mange udfordringer" (in Danish). DR P1. 4 July 2011. Archived from the original (audio) on 1 February 2015.
  21. ISBN 978-1-134-39204-9
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  22. ^ Københavns universitet (1997). Aarbog for københavns Universitet, kommunitetet og den Polytekniske læreanstalt, Danmarks tekniske højskole (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Universitetet.
  23. ISBN 978-0-415-96577-4
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