Michael Stausberg

He received his M.A. from University of Bonn in 1991 and received his Dr. phil. from University of Bonn in 1995. He became a Docent at the University of Uppsala in 2000 and became a Privat Dozent at the University of Heidelberg in 2003. Between 1992-1995 he had the Graduiertenkolleg Scholarship for „Interkulturelle religiöse bzw. religionsgeschichtliche Studien“ (University of Bonn). Between 1996-2000 he had the Feodor Lynen Scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (University of Uppsala). He became Professor in the scientific study of religion at the University of Bergen in 2004. Between 2005-2007 he was Director for the scientific study of religion at the University of Berge. ==Selected bibliography==

• Riter och ritteorier. Religionshistoriska diskussioner och teoretiska ansatser (2002) • Die Religion Zarathushtras. Geschichte - Gegenwart - Rituale. 3 Volumes, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag • Volume 1, 2002, • Volume 2, 2002, • Volume 3, 2004, • Zoroastrian Rituals in Context (2004) (ed.) • Zarathustra und seine Religion (2005) • Theorizing Rituals (2006/7) (co-editor) • Contemporary Theories of Religion (2009) (ed.) • Religion and Tourism (2010) • Defining Magic: A Reader (co-editor) • Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion. (2014) (ed.) • The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism (2015) (co-editor) • Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion (2016) (co-editor) • 21st Century Theories of Religion (2025) • Theories of Religion (1966-2024): A Critical Primer (2026) ==Other academic activities==

• Co-editor (with Steven Engler) of the journal Religion • Co-editor (with Gustavo Benavides) of the book-series Religion and Reason: Theory in the Study of Religion (Walter de Gruyter) == References ==