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Danish sociologist of religion

Margit Warburg Born (1952-02-15) 15 February 1952 (age 74) Copenhagen, Denmark Alma mater University of Copenhagen Occupations Sociologist, author, professor Years active 1979–present

**Margit Warburg** (born 15 February 1952) is a Danish [sociologist of religion](/source/Sociology_of_religion). Since 2004, she has been [professor](/source/Academic_ranks_in_Denmark#Professorship) of Sociology of Religion in the [Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies](/source/Department_of_Cross-Cultural_and_Regional_Studies_(University_of_Copenhagen)) at the [University of Copenhagen](/source/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 [Magister](/source/Magister_(degree)) (PhD) degree in sociology of religion from the University of Copenhagen in 1979, and her [Dr.Phil.](/source/Doctor_Philosophiae_(Danish_and_Norwegian_degree)) (DLitt) degree in 2007 with a monographic dissertation on the [Baháʼí Faith](/source/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_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](/source/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](/source/Danish_language): *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](/source/Eileen_Barker), she co-edited *New Religions and New Religiosity* in 1998 ([Aarhus University Press](/source/Aarhus_University_Press)). She also did extensive archival work and fieldwork on the [Baháʼí](/source/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith) religion in [Denmark](/source/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith_in_Denmark), [the U.S.](/source/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith_in_the_United_States), [Israel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith_in_Israel&action=edit&redlink=1), and [Iran](/source/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith_in_Iran).[14][15] This led in 2003 to publication of *Baháʼí* ([Signature Books](/source/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](/source/DR_P1).[20]

Warburg is a member of the Advisory Committee on Religious Denominations which reports to Denmark's [Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Ecclesiastical_Affairs_of_Denmark), and she has co-chaired the Research Network on New Religions (RENNER).[11][21][22][23]

## Selected bibliography

- with Hans Raun Iversen; Lisbet Christoffersen; Hanne Petersen (28 June 2013). [*Religion in the 21st Century: Challenges and Transformations*](https://books.google.com/books?id=0NM2TRF3ztUC). Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4094-8086-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4094-8086-0).

- with Annika Hvithamar; Brian Arly Jacobsen (2009). [*Holy Nations and Global Identities: Civil Religion, Nationalism, and Globalisation*](https://books.google.com/books?id=OGHgLlxfh7wC). International Studies in Religion and Society. Vol. 10. Leiden, The Netherlands: BRILL. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [90-04-17828-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/90-04-17828-7).

- with Peter Gundelach; Hans Iversen (2008). [*I hjertet af Danmark: institutioner og mentaliteter*](https://books.google.com/books?id=X26sHZgH77sC) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Hans Reitzels Forlag. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-412-5173-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-412-5173-8).

- — (2007). [*Tørre tal om troen*](https://books.google.com/books?id=axohP_RBJlgC). Forlaget Univers. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-91668-11-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-91668-11-1).

- — (2006). [*Citizens of the World: A History and Sociology of the Bahaʹis from a Globalisation Perspective*](https://books.google.com/books?id=tAvXAAAAMAAJ). Numen Book Series Studies in the History of Religions. Vol. 106. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-90-04-14373-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-04-14373-9).

- — (2006). [*Religionssociologien og globaliseringen*](https://books.google.com/books?id=WLfsiQFerI8C&pg=PA37). Chaos. Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier (in Danish). Vol. 46. Copenhagen, Denmark: Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 37–51. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-635-0574-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-635-0574-1).

- with Morten T. Højsgaard (2005). [*Religion and Cyberspace*](https://books.google.com/books?id=klyYZDXUIu4C). London, United Kingdom: Psychology Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-415-35763-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-35763-0).

- with Annika Hvithamar; Morten Warmind (2005). [*Baha'i and Globalisation*](https://books.google.com/books?id=f14WAQAAMAAJ). Renner Studies on New Religions. Vol. 7. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-7934-109-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-7934-109-8).

- — (2003). [*Bahaʼi*](https://books.google.com/books?id=t1MAAAAACAAJ). Studies in Contemporary Religion. Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-56085-169-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-56085-169-1).

- with Jørgen Podemann Sørensen; Mikael Rothstein (1999). [*Humanistisk religionsforskning: en introduktion till religionshistoria och religionssociologi*](https://books.google.com/books?id=RRsKNQAACAAJ) (in Swedish). Nora, Sweden: Nya Doxa. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-91-578-0048-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-91-578-0048-0).

- Barker, Eileen; Warburg, Margit (editors). 1998. *New Religions and New Religiosity*. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press.

- — (1995). [*Kompendium til undervisning i babisme og baha'i*](https://books.google.com/books?id=y1lYygAACAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Institut for Religionshistorie, Københavns Universitet.

- — (1991). [*The Circle, the Brotherhood, and the Ecclesiastical Body: Bahá'í in Denmark, 1925–1987*](https://books.google.com/books?id=F8RtQwAACAAJ). Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press.

- — (1990). [*Brudstykker til en religionssociologisk materialesamling*](https://books.google.com/books?id=0HWVQwAACAAJ) (in Danish). Henrik Morell.

- — (1985). [*Iranske dokumenter: forfølgelsen af bahá'íerne i Iran*](https://books.google.com/books?id=d74-QwAACAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Rhodos. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-7245-029-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-7245-029-2).

- with Niels Kastfelt (1981). [*Kulturmøde i Nigeria: mødet mellem Bachamafolket, engelske koloniembedsmænd og Dansk Forenet Sudan Mission*](https://books.google.com/books?id=nL8WAAAAIAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Gad. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-12-45416-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-12-45416-8).

- — (1979). [*Religionssociologi: grundbog*](https://books.google.com/books?id=HIGHoAEACAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Ide og religion.

- — (1978). [*Religion i gymnasiet, HF og seminariet: Forholdet mellem retsgrundlaget og undervisningsmaterialernes indhold, holdninger og pædagogiske principper*](https://books.google.com/books?id=9fHkSgAACAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Institut for Religionssociologi, Københavns Universitet. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-503-2492-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-503-2492-8).

- [Biography portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography)
- [Denmark portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Denmark)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** University of Copenhagen. ["Margit Warburg – Staff"](http://ccrs.ku.dk/staff/?pure=en/persons/81818). *University of Copenhagen Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies*. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Margit Warburg – Københavns Universitet"](http://teol.ku.dk/cfk/whatmoneycantbuy/english/participants/margit_warburg_eng/). Faculty of Religion, Copenhagen University. Retrieved 1 February 2015.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Morten T. Højsgaard; Margit Warburg (2005). [*Religion and Cyberspace*](https://books.google.com/books?id=klyYZDXUIu4C). London, United Kingdom: Psychology Press. p. x. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-415-35763-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-35763-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Margit Warburg (2006). [*Citizens of the World: A History and Sociology of the Baháʼís from a Globalisation Perspective*](https://books.google.com/books?id=tAvXAAAAMAAJ). Numen Book Series Studies in the History of Religions. Vol. 106. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-90-04-14373-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-04-14373-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Bente Clausen (17 January 2007). ["En menneskealder med baha'ier"](http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kirke-tro/en-menneskealder-med-bahaier). *Kristeligt Dagblad* (in Danish). Retrieved 1 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Professor Margit Warburgs doktorafhandling"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215137/http://w.bahai.dk/html/nyheder/warburg.htm) (in Danish). Baháʼí-samfundet i Danmark. Archived from [the original](http://w.bahai.dk/html/nyheder/warburg.htm) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Lee2011_7-0)** Anthony Lee (28 October 2011). [*The Baháʼí Faith in Africa: Establishing a New Religious Movement, 1952–1962*](https://books.google.com/books?id=LM7VQYXaHGoC&pg=PA15). Leiden, The Netherlands: BRILL. pp. 15–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [90-04-20684-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/90-04-20684-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ClarkeBeyer2009_8-0)** Peter B. Clarke; Peter Beyer (7 May 2009). [*The World's Religions: Continuities and Transformations*](https://books.google.com/books?id=rBgn3xB75ZcC&pg=PA54). Taylor & Francis. pp. 40–54. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-135-21100-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-135-21100-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Margit Warburg (2006). [*Religionssociologien og globaliseringen*](https://books.google.com/books?id=WLfsiQFerI8C&pg=PA37). Chaos. Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier (in Danish). Vol. 46. Copenhagen, Denmark: Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 37–51. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-635-0574-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-635-0574-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Højsgaard, Morten Thomsen (3 March 2010). ["Margit Warburg – fra baha'i til burka"](http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/mennesker/margit-warburg-fra-bahai-til-burka). *[Kristeligt Dagblad](/source/Kristeligt_Dagblad)* (in Danish).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Barker2010_11-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Barker2010_11-1) Eileen Barker (2010). [*The Centrality of Religion in Social Life: Essays in Honour of James A. Beckford*](https://books.google.com/books?id=xU_RzKTjttsC&pg=PR11). Aldershot, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 11–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4094-0343-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4094-0343-2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-religioninthe21_12-0)** Margit Warburg; Hans Raun Iversen; Lisbet Christoffersen; Hanne Petersen (28 June 2013). [*Religion in the 21st Century: Challenges and Transformations*](https://books.google.com/books?id=0NM2TRF3ztUC). Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4094-8086-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4094-8086-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-KuzmanovicBandak2014_13-0)** Daniella Kuzmanovic; Andreas Bandak (10 October 2014). [*Qualitative Analysis in the Making*](https://books.google.com/books?id=QvrDBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT317). Taylor & Francis. pp. 317–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-135-04244-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-135-04244-8).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Warburg1985_14-0)** Margit Warburg (1985). [*Iranske dokumenter: forfølgelsen af bahá'íerne i Iran*](https://books.google.com/books?id=d74-QwAACAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Rhodos. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-7245-029-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-7245-029-2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WarburgReligionshistorie1995_15-0)** Margit Warburg (1995). [*Kompendium til undervisning i babisme og baha'i*](https://books.google.com/books?id=y1lYygAACAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Institut for Religionshistorie, Københavns Universitet.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Gundelach2011_16-0)** Peter Gundelach (2011). [*Små og store forandringer: danskernes værdier siden 1981*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Gjrs7R8uvEoC&pg=PA315) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Hans Reitzels Forlag. pp. 315–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-412-5396-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-412-5396-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Bør vi beholde blasfemiparagraffen?"](http://politiken.dk/debat/analyse/ECE1026831/boer-vi-beholde-blasfemiparagraffen/). Retrieved 1 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Civilreligion ubevidst religion for folket"](http://www.religion.dk/undervisning/civilreligion-ubevidst-religion-folket). *Kristeligt Dagblad* (in Danish). 3 January 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["Gud bevare Danmark"](http://www.kristendom.dk/danmark/gud-bevare-danmark). *Kristendom.dk* (in Danish). Retrieved 1 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["To religioner – dobbelt så mange udfordringer"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150201001639/http://www.dr.dk/arkivP1/Religionsrapport/udsendelser/2011/07/04112511.htm) (in Danish). DR P1. 4 July 2011. Archived from [the original](http://www.dr.dk/arkivP1/Religionsrapport/udsendelser/2011/07/04112511.htm) (audio) on 1 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BeckfordRichardson2003_21-0)** James A. Beckford; James T. Richardson (2 September 2003). [*Challenging Religion*](https://books.google.com/books?id=z5R_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PP12). Routledge. pp. 12–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-134-39204-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-134-39204-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-universitet1997_22-0)** Københavns universitet (1997). [*Aarbog for københavns Universitet, kommunitetet og den Polytekniske læreanstalt, Danmarks tekniske højskole*](https://books.google.com/books?id=B8McAAAAMAAJ) (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Universitetet.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-LucasRobbins2004_23-0)** Phillip Charles Lucas; Thomas Robbins (2004). [*New Religious Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Legal, Political, and Social Challenges in Global Perspective*](https://books.google.com/books?id=WW-XcDe-IMEC). London, United Kingdom: Psychology Press. p. 39. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-415-96577-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-96577-4).

## External links

- [Margit Warburg / University of Copenhagen](http://ccrs.ku.dk/staff/?pure=en/persons/81818)

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