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Current Research
Research foci and fields of study in the Department of Religious and Mission Studies
Major Fields of Study
General
- Issues related to theory and methodology in religious studies and intercultural theology/mission studies
History of Religions
- Modern South Indian history of religions [more...]
- New Religious Movements and Esotericism in a global context [more...]
Intercultural Theology/Mission Studies
- Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity, with a special focus on Asia, Africa and Latin America [more ....]
- Theology and history of Christianity in South Asia [more...]
Current Projects with External Funding
- The position of Emanuel Swedenborg within the Enlightenment and esoteric discourses of the 18th century [more ...]
- The discourse on non-Brahmanical rituals and their transformation within the South Indian history of religions since the 18th century [more ...]
- Transnational Nigerian Pentecostal churches, networks and believers in three Northern countries [more ...]
Former Projects with External Funding
- Religion, caste and nation: discourses of identity and power in
Telugu journals of the 19th and 20th centuries [more ...]
Current Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Projects