Expertise overview: Study of Religions

 Religious traditions

• Religions in antiquity
  Ingvild S. Gilhus, Einar Thomassen, Sissel Undheim
• Buddhism
  Knut Axel Jacobsen, István Keul
• Hinduism
  Knut Axel Jacobsen, István Keul, Henriette Hanky
• Islam
  Richard Natvig, Einar Thomassen, Christian Mauder, Moa Airijoki
• Jainism
  Knut Axel Jacobsen
• Judaism
  Alexander van der Haven
• Early Christianity
  Ingvild S. Gilhus, Einar Thomassen, Christian Mauder, Moa Airijoki
• Modern Christianity
  István Keul, Lisbeth Mikaelsson, Alexander van der Haven, Camilla Wright, Christian Mauder, Karstein Hopland
• Norse religion
  Håkan Rydving
• New Religious Movements
  Ingvild S. Gilhus, Lisbeth Mikaelsson, Michael Stausberg, Christian Mauder
• Sami religion and language
  Håkan Rydving, Konsta Kaikkonen
• Sikhism
  Knut Axel Jacobsen
• Yoga
  Knut Axel Jacobsen
• Zoroastrianism
  Michael Stausberg
• Ethiopian, Nubian and Sudanese religion
  Marta Camilla Wright

Fields of research

• Biography and religion
  Lisbeth Mikaelsson
• Diaspora
  Knut Axel Jacobsen, Richard Natvig
• Animals and religion
  Ingvild S. Gilhus, Konsta Kaikkonen
• Eschatology
  Christian Mauder
• Aesthetics and religion
  Håkan Rydving
• Gender, sex and religion
  Lisbeth Mikaelsson, Sissel Undheim
• Cognitivist and evolutionary theoretical approaches to religion
  Håkan Rydving, Konsta Kaikkonen
• Body, health and ascetism
  Ingvild S. Gilhus, Knut Axel Jacobsen, István Keul, Lisbeth Mikaelsson, Marta Camilla Wright
• Lived religion / local religion
  Knut Axel Jacobsen, Marie von der Lippe, Richard Natvig, Marta Camilla Wright
• Equality, feminism and religion
  Lisbeth Mikaelsson
• Mission and religious change
  Lisbeth Mikaelsson, Richard Natvig, Håkan Rydving, Sissel Undheim, Konsta Kaikkonen, Christian Mauder
• Politics, law, human rights and religion
  Håkan Rydving, Konsta Kaikkonen, Christian Mauder
• Popular culture, media and religion
  Richard Natvig, Sissel Undheim
• Religious didactics and education
  Marie von der Lippe, Sissel Undheim
• Philosophy of religion
  Knut Axel Jacobsen, Håkan Rydving
• Religious pluralism
  Ingvild S. Gilhus, Knut Axel Jacobsen, István Keul, Marie von der Lippe
• Ritual theory
  István Keul, Michael Stausberg, Einar Thomassen
• Theories of religion
  Ingvild S. Gilhus, Michael Stausberg
• Writing, text, and religion
  Ingvild S. Gilhus, Lisbeth Mikaelsson, Einar Thomassen, Alexandros Tsakos, Christian Mauder
• Space, travel and religion
  Ingvild S. Gilhus, Knut Axel Jacobsen, Lisbeth Mikaelsson, Richard Natvig, Håkan Rydving, Michael Stausberg
• Youth and religion
  Marie von der Lippe, Sissel Undheim
• Science and religion
  Michael Stausberg
• Economics and religion
  Lisbeth Mikaelsson