{{short description|Danish sociologist of religion}} {{Infobox person | name = Margit Warburg | image = warburg.jpg | alt = photograph of a woman speaking into a microphone | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|02|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark | alma_mater = [[University of Copenhagen]] | occupation = [[Sociology of religion|Sociologist]], [[author]], [[professor]] | years_active = 1979–present }} '''Margit Warburg''' (born 15 February 1952) is a Danish [[Sociology of religion|sociologist of religion]]. Since 2004, she has been [[Academic ranks in Denmark#Professorship|professor]] of Sociology of Religion in the [[Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies (University of Copenhagen)|Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies]] at the [[University of Copenhagen]].<ref>{{cite web |author1 = University of Copenhagen |title = Margit Warburg – Staff |url = http://ccrs.ku.dk/staff/?pure=en/persons/81818 |website = University of Copenhagen Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies |accessdate = 31 January 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://teol.ku.dk/cfk/whatmoneycantbuy/english/participants/margit_warburg_eng/ |title = Margit Warburg – Københavns Universitet |publisher = Faculty of Religion, Copenhagen University |accessdate = 1 February 2015 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://archive.today/20150201064934/http://teol.ku.dk/cfk/whatmoneycantbuy/english/participants/margit_warburg_eng/ |archivedate = 1 February 2015 }}</ref> She was an associate professor at the same university from 1979 to 2004.<ref>{{cite book |author1 = Morten T. Højsgaard |author2 = Margit Warburg |title = Religion and Cyberspace |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=klyYZDXUIu4C |year = 2005 |publisher = Psychology Press |location = London, United Kingdom |page = x |isbn = 978-0-415-35763-0 }}</ref>
==Academic career== Margit Warburg received the University of Copenhagen's 1976 gold medal for answering an economic problem in Christian studies. She received her [[Magister (degree)|Magister]] (PhD) degree in sociology of religion from the University of Copenhagen in 1979, and her [[Doctor Philosophiae (Danish and Norwegian degree)|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''.<ref>{{cite book |author = Margit Warburg |title = Citizens of the World: A History and Sociology of the Baháʼís from a Globalisation Perspective |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tAvXAAAAMAAJ |series = Numen Book Series Studies in the History of Religions |volume = 106 |year = 2006 |publisher = Brill |location = Leiden, The Netherlands |isbn = 978-90-04-14373-9 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kirke-tro/en-menneskealder-med-bahaier |title = En menneskealder med baha'ier |author = Bente Clausen |work = Kristeligt Dagblad |date = 17 January 2007 |accessdate = 1 February 2015 |language = Danish }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://w.bahai.dk/html/nyheder/warburg.htm |title = Professor Margit Warburgs doktorafhandling |publisher = Baháʼí-samfundet i Danmark |accessdate = 1 February 2015 |language = Danish |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215137/http://w.bahai.dk/html/nyheder/warburg.htm |archivedate = 3 March 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Lee2011">{{cite book |author = Anthony Lee |title = The Baháʼí Faith in Africa: Establishing a New Religious Movement, 1952–1962. |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LM7VQYXaHGoC&pg=PA15 |date = 28 October 2011 |publisher = BRILL |location = Leiden, The Netherlands |isbn = 90-04-20684-1 |pages = 15– }}</ref><ref name="ClarkeBeyer2009">{{cite book |author1 = Peter B. Clarke |author2 = Peter Beyer |title = The World's Religions: Continuities and Transformations |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rBgn3xB75ZcC&pg=PA54 |date = 7 May 2009 |publisher = Taylor & Francis |isbn = 978-1-135-21100-4 |pages = 40–54 }}</ref>
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'' ({{langx|da|Religionssociologien og globaliseringen}}).<ref>{{cite book |author = Margit Warburg |title = Religionssociologien og globaliseringen |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WLfsiQFerI8C&pg=PA37 |series = Chaos. Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier |volume = 46 |year = 2006 |publisher = Museum Tusculanum Press |location = Copenhagen, Denmark |language = Danish |isbn = 978-87-635-0574-1 |pages = 37–51 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last = Højsgaard |first = Morten Thomsen |date = 3 March 2010 |title = Margit Warburg – fra baha'i til burka |newspaper = [[Kristeligt Dagblad]] |url = http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/mennesker/margit-warburg-fra-bahai-til-burka |language = Danish }}</ref><ref name="Barker2010">{{cite book |author = Eileen Barker |title = The Centrality of Religion in Social Life: Essays in Honour of James A. Beckford |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=xU_RzKTjttsC&pg=PR11 |year = 2010 |location = Aldershot, Hampshire, United Kingdom |publisher = Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |isbn = 978-1-4094-0343-2 |pages = 11– }}</ref><ref name="religioninthe21">{{cite book |author1 = Margit Warburg |author2 = Hans Raun Iversen |author3 = Lisbet Christoffersen |author4 = Hanne Petersen |title = Religion in the 21st Century: Challenges and Transformations |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0NM2TRF3ztUC |date = 28 June 2013 |publisher = Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |location = Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom |isbn = 978-1-4094-8086-0 }}</ref><ref name="KuzmanovicBandak2014">{{cite book |author1 = Daniella Kuzmanovic |author2 = Andreas Bandak |title = Qualitative Analysis in the Making |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QvrDBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT317 |date = 10 October 2014 |publisher = Taylor & Francis |isbn = 978-1-135-04244-8 |pages = 317– }}</ref>
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 Faith|Baháʼí]] religion in [[Baháʼí Faith in Denmark|Denmark]], [[Baháʼí Faith in the United States|the U.S.]], [[Baháʼí Faith in Israel|Israel]], and [[Baháʼí Faith in Iran|Iran]].<ref name="Warburg1985">{{cite book |author = Margit Warburg |title = Iranske dokumenter: forfølgelsen af bahá'íerne i Iran |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=d74-QwAACAAJ |year = 1985 |publisher = Rhodos |location = Copenhagen, Denmark |language = Danish |isbn = 978-87-7245-029-2 }}</ref><ref name="WarburgReligionshistorie1995">{{cite book |author = Margit Warburg |title = Kompendium til undervisning i babisme og baha'i |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=y1lYygAACAAJ |year = 1995 |publisher = Institut for Religionshistorie, Københavns Universitet |location = Copenhagen, Denmark |language = Danish }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Gundelach2011">{{cite book |author = Peter Gundelach |title = Små og store forandringer: danskernes værdier siden 1981 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Gjrs7R8uvEoC&pg=PA315 |year = 2011 |publisher = Hans Reitzels Forlag |location = Copenhagen, Denmark |language = Danish |isbn = 978-87-412-5396-1 |pages = 315– }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://politiken.dk/debat/analyse/ECE1026831/boer-vi-beholde-blasfemiparagraffen/ |title = Bør vi beholde blasfemiparagraffen? |publisher = |accessdate = 1 February 2015 }}</ref> She has written about civil religion,<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.religion.dk/undervisning/civilreligion-ubevidst-religion-folket |title = Civilreligion ubevidst religion for folket |newspaper = Kristeligt Dagblad |date = 3 January 2007 |language = Danish }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.kristendom.dk/danmark/gud-bevare-danmark |title = Gud bevare Danmark |work = Kristendom.dk |accessdate = 1 February 2015 |language = Danish }}</ref> and presented about mixed marriages as a part of the "Religion Report" show on [[DR P1|Danmarks Radio Program 1]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dr.dk/arkivP1/Religionsrapport/udsendelser/2011/07/04112511.htm |publisher = DR P1 |title = To religioner – dobbelt så mange udfordringer |date = 4 July 2011 |language = Danish |format = audio |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150201001639/http://www.dr.dk/arkivP1/Religionsrapport/udsendelser/2011/07/04112511.htm |archivedate = 1 February 2015 }}</ref>
Warburg is a member of the Advisory Committee on Religious Denominations which reports to Denmark's [[Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark|Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs]], and she has co-chaired the Research Network on New Religions (RENNER).<ref name="Barker2010" /><ref name="BeckfordRichardson2003">{{cite book |author1 = James A. Beckford |author2 = James T. Richardson |title = Challenging Religion |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=z5R_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PP12 |date = 2 September 2003 |publisher = Routledge |isbn = 978-1-134-39204-9 |pages = 12– }}</ref><ref name="universitet1997">{{cite book |author = Københavns universitet |title = Aarbog for københavns Universitet, kommunitetet og den Polytekniske læreanstalt, Danmarks tekniske højskole |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=B8McAAAAMAAJ |year = 1997 |publisher = Universitetet |location = Copenhagen, Denmark |language = Danish }}</ref><ref name="LucasRobbins2004">{{cite book |author1 = Phillip Charles Lucas |author2 = Thomas Robbins |title = New Religious Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Legal, Political, and Social Challenges in Global Perspective |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WW-XcDe-IMEC |year = 2004 |publisher = Psychology Press |location = London, United Kingdom |isbn = 978-0-415-96577-4 |page = 39 }}</ref>
==Selected bibliography== * {{cite book |author1 = Margit Warburg |author2 = Hans Raun Iversen |author3 = Lisbet Christoffersen |author4 = Hanne Petersen |title = Religion in the 21st Century: Challenges and Transformations |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0NM2TRF3ztUC |date = 28 June 2013 |publisher = Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |location = Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom |isbn = 978-1-4094-8086-0|author-mask=with }} * {{cite book |author1 = Margit Warburg |author2 = Annika Hvithamar |author3 = Brian Arly Jacobsen |title = Holy Nations and Global Identities: Civil Religion, Nationalism, and Globalisation |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OGHgLlxfh7wC |series = International Studies in Religion and Society |volume = 10 |year = 2009 |publisher = BRILL |location = Leiden, The Netherlands |isbn = 90-04-17828-7|author-mask=with }} * {{cite book |author1 = Margit Warburg |author2 = Peter Gundelach |author3 = Hans Iversen |title = I hjertet af Danmark: institutioner og mentaliteter |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=X26sHZgH77sC |year = 2008 |publisher = Hans Reitzels Forlag |location = Copenhagen, Denmark |language = Danish |isbn = 978-87-412-5173-8|author-mask=with }} * {{cite book |author = Margit Warburg |title = Tørre tal om troen |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=axohP_RBJlgC |year = 2007 |publisher = Forlaget Univers |isbn = 978-87-91668-11-1|author-mask=1 }} * {{cite book |author = Margit Warburg |title = Citizens of the World: A History and Sociology of the Bahaʹis from a Globalisation Perspective |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tAvXAAAAMAAJ |series = Numen Book Series Studies in the History of Religions |volume = 106 |year = 2006 |publisher = Brill |location = Leiden, The Netherlands |isbn = 978-90-04-14373-9|author-mask=1 }} * {{cite book |author = Margit Warburg |title = Religionssociologien og globaliseringen |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WLfsiQFerI8C&pg=PA37 |series = Chaos. Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier |volume = 46 |year = 2006 |publisher = Museum Tusculanum Press |location = Copenhagen, Denmark |language = Danish |isbn = 978-87-635-0574-1 |pages = 37–51|author-mask=1 }} * {{cite book |author1 = Margit Warburg |author2 = Morten T. Højsgaard |title = Religion and Cyberspace |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=klyYZDXUIu4C |year = 2005 |publisher = Psychology Press |location = London, United Kingdom |isbn = 978-0-415-35763-0|author-mask=with }} * {{cite book |author1 = Margit Warburg |author2 = Annika Hvithamar |author3 = Morten Warmind |title = Baha'i and Globalisation |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=f14WAQAAMAAJ |series = Renner Studies on New Religions |volume = 7 |year = 2005 |publisher = Aarhus University Press |location = Aarhus, Denmark |isbn = 978-87-7934-109-8|author-mask=with }} * {{cite book |author = Margit Warburg |title = Bahaʼi |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t1MAAAAACAAJ |series = Studies in Contemporary Religion |year = 2003 |publisher = Signature Books |location = Salt Lake City, Utah |isbn = 978-1-56085-169-1|author-mask=1 }} * {{cite book |author1 = Margit Warburg |author2 = Jørgen Podemann Sørensen |author3 = Mikael Rothstein |title = Humanistisk religionsforskning: en introduktion till religionshistoria och religionssociologi |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RRsKNQAACAAJ |year = 1999 |publisher = Nya Doxa |location = Nora, Sweden |language = Swedish |isbn = 978-91-578-0048-0|author-mask=with }} * Barker, Eileen; Warburg, Margit (editors). 1998. ''New Religions and New Religiosity''. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press. * {{cite book |author = Margit Warburg |title = Kompendium til undervisning i babisme og baha'i |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=y1lYygAACAAJ |year = 1995 |publisher = Institut for Religionshistorie, Københavns Universitet |location = Copenhagen, Denmark |language = Danish|author-mask=1 }} * {{cite book |author = Margit Warburg |title = The Circle, the Brotherhood, and the Ecclesiastical Body: Bahá'í in Denmark, 1925–1987 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=F8RtQwAACAAJ |year = 1991 |publisher = Aarhus University Press |location = Aarhus, Denmark|author-mask=1 }} * {{cite book |author = Margit Warburg |title = Brudstykker til en religionssociologisk materialesamling |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0HWVQwAACAAJ |year = 1990 |publisher = Henrik Morell |language = Danish|author-mask=1 }} * {{cite book |author = Margit Warburg |title = Iranske dokumenter: forfølgelsen af bahá'íerne i Iran |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=d74-QwAACAAJ |year = 1985 |publisher = Rhodos |location = Copenhagen, Denmark |language = Danish |isbn = 978-87-7245-029-2|author-mask=1 }} * {{cite book |author1 = Margit Warburg |author2 = Niels Kastfelt |title = Kulturmøde i Nigeria: mødet mellem Bachamafolket, engelske koloniembedsmænd og Dansk Forenet Sudan Mission |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nL8WAAAAIAAJ |year = 1981 |publisher = Gad |location = Copenhagen, Denmark |language = Danish |isbn = 978-87-12-45416-8|author-mask=with }} * {{cite book |author = Margit Warburg |title = Religionssociologi: grundbog |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HIGHoAEACAAJ |year = 1979 |publisher = Ide og religion |location = Copenhagen, Denmark |language = Danish|author-mask=1 }} * {{cite book |author = Margit Warburg |title = Religion i gymnasiet, HF og seminariet: Forholdet mellem retsgrundlaget og undervisningsmaterialernes indhold, holdninger og pædagogiske principper |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9fHkSgAACAAJ |year = 1978 |publisher = Institut for Religionssociologi, Københavns Universitet |location = Copenhagen, Denmark |language = Danish |isbn = 978-87-503-2492-8|author-mask=1 }} {{Portal|Biography|Denmark}}
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==External links== * [http://ccrs.ku.dk/staff/?pure=en/persons/81818 Margit Warburg / University of Copenhagen]
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