Kocku von Stuckrad: Publications

Monographs

1996. Frömmigkeit und Wissenschaft. Astrologie in Tanach, Qumran und frührabbinischer Literatur (Europäische Hochschulschriften XXIII/572). Frankfurt a. M. etc.: Peter Lang. 220 pp. [More...]

2000. Das Ringen um die Astrologie. Jüdische und christliche Beiträge zum antiken Zeitverständnis (Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten 49). Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter. XVII, 912 pp. [Publisher's announcement | available in Google Books]

2003. With Hans G. Kippenberg: Einführung in die Religionswissenschaft. Gegenstände und Begriffe (Reihe Beck Studium). Munich: C. H. Beck. 230 pp. [Publisher's announcement | available in Google Books]

2003. Schamanismus und Esoterik. Kultur- und wissenschaftsgeschichtliche Betrachtungen (Gnostica: Texts and Interpretations 4). Leuven: Peeters. VII, 337 pp. [Publisher's announcement | available in Google Books]

2003. Geschichte der Astrologie. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Munich: C. H. Beck. 413 pp. New, revised edition 2007. [Publisher's announcement | available in Google Books]

2004. Was ist Esoterik? Kleine Geschichte des geheimen Wissens. Munich: C. H. Beck. 280 pp. [Publisher's announcement | available in Google Books]

2010. 'Zo zijn we niet getrouwd': religie, natuurwetenschap en de radicalisering van de moderniteit. Inaugural Lecture for the Chair of Religious Studies, University of Groningen. Groningen: Faculteit Godgeleerdheid en Godsdienstwetenschap. 18 pp. [download PDF]

2010. Locations of Knowledge in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Esoteric Discourse and Western Identities (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 186). Leiden & Boston: Brill. XIV, 242 pp. [Publisher's announcement | From the Preface]

2004. With Brigitte Luchesi: Religion im kulturellen Diskurs. Festschrift für Hans G. Kippenberg zu seinem 65. Geburtstag / Religion in Cultural Discourse. Essays in Honor of Hans G. Kippenberg on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday (Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten 52). Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter. [Publisher's announcement | available in Google Books]

2005. Associate editor of The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Ed. Bron R. Taylor. 2 vols. London & New York: Thoemmes Continuum. [see www.religionandnature.com]

2005. With Günther Oestmann and H. Darrel Rutkin: Horoscopes and Public Spheres: Essays on the History of Astrology (Religion and Society 42). Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter. [Publisher's announcement | available in Google Books]

2005. The Brill Dictionary of Religion. 4 vols. Leiden & Boston: Brill (thoroughly revised English edition of the "Metzler Lexikon Religion," ed. Ch. Auffarth, J. Bernard, and H. Mohr). [Publisher's announcement]
Paperback edition 2007. [Publisher's announcement]
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2007. With Olav Hammer: Polemical Encounters: Esoteric Discourse and Its Others. Leiden & Boston: Brill. [Publisher's announcement]

2009. With Hans G. Kippenberg and Jörg Rüpke: Europäische Religionsgeschichte – ein mehrfacher Pluralismus. 2 vols. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht/UTB. [Publisher's announcement]

2010. With Boaz Huss and Marco Pasi: Kabbalah and Modernity: Interpretations, Transformations, Adaptations (Aries Book Series 10). Leiden & Boston: Brill. [Publisher's announcement]

2013. With Anders Klostergaard Petersen: "The Gods as Role Model in Western Tradition: Imitation, Divinization, Transgression." Special issue of Numen: International Review for the History of Religions 60/1.

2014. With Robert Segal: Vocabulary for the Study of Religion. Print version (3 vols.) plus online version. Leiden & Boston: Brill (in preparation).

Since 2003. Series Religion and Society (with Gustavo Benavides & Winnifred Sullivan). Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter. [Series website]

Since 2008. Journal of Religion in Europe (Leiden & Boston: Brill), Founding Editor and Editor-in-Chief (with Hans G. Kippenberg, since 2011 with Titus Hjelm). [Journal website | Instructions for authors]

Since 2009. Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni (Brescia: Morcelliana), member of the Editorial Board.

Since 2009. Zeitschrift für Anomalistik (Sandhausen: Gesellschaft für Anomalistik e.V.), member of the Scientific Advisory Board. [Journal website]

2006-2011. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture (London: Equinox), member of the Editorial Board.

2005-2011. The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies (relaunched journal, London: Equinox), member of the Editorial Board.

1997. Esoterik in religionswissenschaftlicher Perspektive: Neue Studien. KGS – Körper, Geist & Seele Bremen 12, pp. 8-10.

1999. Entsprechungsdenken als Grundform esoterischer Wirklichkeitsdeutung: Das Beispiel Astrologie. Spirita 13/1, pp. 12-17.

1999. Constructing Femininity: The Lilith Case. LAUD paper Universität Essen, Linguistic Agency: Series A; 474.

1999. s.v. "Malos", "Meliai", "Manturna", "Marica". Der Neue Pauly. Enzyklopädie der Antike, hg. von H. Cancik, H. Schneider, M. Landfester u.a., Bd. VII. Stuttgart & Weimar: J. B. Metzler.

2000*. Jewish and Christian Astrology in Late Antiquity – A New Approach. Numen 47/1, pp. 1-40.

2000. s.v. "Weissagung". Metzler Lexikon Religion Bd. 3. Stuttgart & Weimar: J. B. Metzler, pp. 648-651.

2000. s.v. "Gnosis". Der Neue Pauly. Enzyklopädie der Antike. Rezeptions- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Stuttgart & Weimar: J. B. Metzler. Bd. 14, pp. 226-231.

2000. s.v. "Kabbala". Der Neue Pauly. Enzyklopädie der Antike. Rezeptions- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Stuttgart & Weimar: J. B. Metzler. Bd. 14, pp. 767-772.

2001. Von Schwarzmagiern, Scharlatanen und edlen Wilden. Das Bild des Schamanismus im Westen. Connection 3, pp. 52-54.

2001. s.v. "Tagewählerei". Der Neue Pauly. Enzyklopädie der Antike, hg. von H. Cancik, H. Schneider, M. Landfester u.a. Stuttgart & Weimar: J. B. Metzler. Bd. 11, pp. 1220-1223.

2001. s.v. "Magie". Der Neue Pauly. Enzyklopädie der Antike. Rezeptions- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Stuttgart & Weimar: J. B. Metzler. Bd. 15, pp. 253-262.

2001. s.v. "Okkultismus". Der Neue Pauly. Enzyklopädie der Antike. Rezeptions- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Stuttgart & Weimar: J. B. Metzler. Bd. 15, pp. 1146-1166.

2002. "Christen" und "Nichtchristen" in der Antike. Von religiös konstruierten Grenzen zur diskursorientierten Religionswissenschaft. In: Manfred Hutter et al. (eds.): Hairesis. Festschrift für Karl Hoheisel (JAC Ergänzungsband 34), Münster: Aschendorff, pp. 184-202.

2002. s.v. "Esoterik/Okkultismus/New Age", "Astrologie", "Gnosis", "Hermetik". Metzler Lexikon Religion, Bd. 4: Text- und Bildquellen, Filmographie, Zeittafeln. Stuttgart & Weimar: J. B. Metzler, pp. 142-153.

2002*. Reenchanting Nature: Modern Western Shamanism and Nineteenth-Century Thought. Journal of the American Academy of Religion 70, pp. 771-799.

2003. In collaboration with Hans G. Kippenberg: Religionswissenschaftliche Überlegungen zum religiösen Pluralismus in Deutschland: Eine Öffnung der Perspektiven. In: Hartmut Lehmann (ed.): Multireligiosität im vereinten Europa. Historische und juristische Aspekte (Bausteine zu einer Europäischen Religionsgeschichte im Zeitalter der Säkularisierung 1). Göttingen: Wallstein, pp. 145-162.

2003. Le chamanisme occidental moderne et la dialectique de la science rationelle. In: Roberte N. Hamayon (ed.): Chamanismes (Revue Diogène), Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, pp. 281-301.

2003*. Discursive Study of Religion: From States of the Mind to Communication and Action. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 15, pp. 255-271.

2003. From Ancient Religions to Modern Scholarship: The Work of Hans G. Kippenberg. Religious Studies Review 29/3, pp. 261-266.

2003*. Relative, Contingent, Determined: The Category 'History' and Its Methodological Dilemma. Journal of the American Academy of Religion 71/4, pp. 905-912.

2004. Aleister Crowley, Thelema und die Religionsgeschichte des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. In: Brigitte Luchesi & Kocku von Stuckrad (eds.): Religion im kulturellen Diskus. Festschrift für Hans G. Kippenberg zu seinem 65. Geburtstag / Religion in Cultural Discourse. Essays in Honor of Hans G. Kippenberg on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday (Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten 52). Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 307-325.

2004. Esoterik und Europäische Religionsgeschichte. Gnostika 27 (June 2004), pp. 61-80.

2004. S.v. 'Religionssoziologie. III. Soziologie einzelner Religionen. 3. Religiöse Gegenwartsströmungen'. In: Hans Dieter Betz (ed.): Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Handwörterbuch für Theologie und Religionswissenschaft, 4., völlig neu bearbeitete Ausgabe, Tübingen: Mohr.

2005. S.v. 'Encyclopedias'. In: Lindsay Jones (ed. in chief): Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed. Detroit etc.: Thomson Gale, vol. 4, pp. 2782-2785.

2005. S.v. 'Festschriften'. In: Lindsay Jones (ed. in chief): Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed. Detroit etc.: Thomson Gale, vol. 5, pp. 3040-3042.

2005. Communitas: Environmentalist Activity and Ritual Theory. In: Vasilios N. Makrides & Jörg Rüpke (eds.): Religionen im Konflikt. Vom Bürgerkrieg über Öko-Gewalt bis zur Gewalterinnerung im Ritual, Münster: Aschendorff, pp. 226-235.

2005. S.v. 'Astrology III: Middle Ages'. In: W. J. Hanegraaff et al. (eds.): Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism. Leiden etc.: Brill, pp. 119-128.

2005. S.v. 'Bohm, David' (pp. 208-209), 'Capra, Fritjof' (pp. 266-267), 'Einstein, Albert' (p. 582), 'Harner, Michael, and the Foundation for Shamanic Studies' (pp. 743-744), 'Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm' (p. 1005), 'Messner on Everest and Cosmos' (p. 1120), 'Mountaineering' (1119-1120), 'Pauli, Wolfang' (pp. 1264-1265), 'Peat, F. David' (p. 1266), 'Philosophy of Nature' (pp. 1277-1279), 'Prigogine, Ilya' (pp. 1302-1303), 'Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph' (pp. 1489-1490), 'Shamanism - Neo' (pp. 1528-1529), 'Sheldrake, Rupert' (p. 1537), 'Western Esotericism' (pp. 1728-1730). In: B. R. Taylor (ed. in chief): The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. London & New York: Thoemmes Continuum.

2005*. Western Esotericism: Towards an Integrative Model of Interpretation. Religion 35/2, pp. 78-97.

2005*. Whose Tradition? Conflicting Ideologies in Medieval and Early Modern Esotericism. In: Steven Engler & Gregory P. Grieve (eds.): Historicizing 'Tradition' in the Study of Religion (Religion and Society 43). Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 211-226.

2005. S.v. 'Esoterik'. In: Peter Eicher (ed.): Neues Handbuch theologischer Grundbegriffe. 4 vols., Munich: Kösel, vol. I, pp. 273-281.

2005. Heilung durch die Geister: Der moderne westliche Schamanismus. In: Werner H. Ritter and Bernhard Wolf (eds.): Heilung - Energie - Geist: Heilung zwischen Wissenschaft, Religion und Geschäft. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pp. 187-207.

2005. (With Günther Oestmann and H. Darrel Rutkin:) Introduction: Horoscopes and History. In: Günther Oestmann, H. Darrel Rutkin and Kocku von Stuckrad (eds.): Horoscopes and Public Spheres: Essays on the History of Astrology (Religion and Society 42). Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 1-10.

2005. The Function of Horoscopes in Biographical Narrative: Cardano and After. In: Günther Oestmann, H. Darrel Rutkin and Kocku von Stuckrad (eds.): Horoscopes and Public Spheres: Essays on the History of Astrology (Religion and Society 42). Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 225-240.

2005. Constructions, Normativities, Identities: Recent Studies on 'Shamanism' and 'Neo-Shamanism'. Review essay. Religious Studies Review 31, pp. 123-128.

2005. S.v. 'Divination romaine. B. Divination et pouvoir: 3. Astrology between public and private'. In: Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum antiquorum (ThesCRA). Vol. III. Los Angeles: The G. Paul Getty Museum, pp. 93-94.

2005. 'Preface' (pp. vii - x); s.v. 'Astrology (Western)' (pp. 143-146), 'Esotericism' (pp. 606-622), 'New Religions' (pp. 1319-1320), 'Prophecy/Divination' (pp. 1519-1522). In: Kocku von Stuckrad (ed.): The Brill Dictionary of Religion, 4 vols., Leiden: Brill.

2006. Moderne Astrologie: Hermeneutik der Seele. In: Alfred Bellebaum and Detlef Herbers (eds.): Glücksangebote in der Alltagswelt. Münster: Aschendorff, pp. 207-227.

2006*. Visual Gods: From Exorcism to Complexity in Renaissance Studies. Aries. Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism 6, pp. 59-85.

2006. Die Rede vom "Christlichen Abendland": Hintergründe und Einfluss einer Meistererzählung. In: Christian Augustin, Johannes Wienand and Christiane Winkler (eds.): Religiöser Pluralismus und Toleranz in Europa. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 235-247.

2006. Kröners Wörterbuch der Religionen, ed. by Ch. Auffarth, H. G. Kippenberg and A. Michaels: ca. 400 entries related to "Judaism" and "Esotericism". Stuttgart: Alfred Kröner. [View the full list of entries]

2007. Wissenschaftliche und religiöse Transfers im Mittelalter: Das Beispiel der Astrologie. In: Christoph Auffarth (ed.): Religiöser Pluralismus im Mittelalter? Besichtigung einer Epoche der europäischen Religionsgeschichte. Münster: LIT, pp. 39-58.

2007. S.v. 'Heidentum.' In: Friedrich Jaeger (ed.): Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, vol. 5, cols. 295-298.

2007*. Finding Data: Some Reflections on Ontologies and Normativities. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture 1/1, pp. 39-46.

2007. Geloof. In: Jonneke Bekkenkamp (ed.): ZinAtlas. Amsterdam: Zin & Zaken, pp. 91-97.

2007 (with Olav Hammer)*. Introduction: Western Esotericism and Polemics. In: Olav Hammer and Kocku von Stuckrad (eds.): Polemical Encounters: Esoteric Discourse and Its Others. Leiden & Boston: Brill, pp. vii-xxii.

2007*. Christian Kabbalah and Anti-Jewish Polemics: Pico in Context. In: Olav Hammer and Kocku von Stuckrad (eds.): Polemical Encounters: Esoteric Discourse and Its Others. Leiden & Boston: Brill, pp. 3-23.

2007. S.v. 'Aberglaube,' 'Astrologie,' 'Dämonen,' 'Esoterik,' 'Magie,' 'New Age,' 'Schamanismus.' In: Friedrich Wilhelm Horn & Friederike Nüssel (eds.): Taschenlexikon Religion und Theologie, 4 vols., Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

2007. Review Essay: Ideas of Nature and Their Cultural Impact: The Work of Ruth and Dieter Groh. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture 1/3, pp. 395-400.

2008. Editorial: Europe and Religion (with Hans G. Kippenberg). Journal of Religion in Europe 1/1, pp. 1-2.

2008*. Interreligious Transfers in the Middle Ages: The Case of Astrology. Journal of Religion in Europe 1/1, pp. 34-59. [Available as free content: click here]

2008. Die Schekhina vom Sohar bis zu Madonna, oder: Die Weiblichkeit Gottes als Ergebnis gesellschaftlicher Organisation. In: Anna-Katharina Höpflinger, Ann Jeffers & Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati (eds.): Handbuch Gender und Religion. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pp. 157-166.

2008. Esoteric Discourse and the European History of Religion: In Search of a New Interpretational Framework. In: Tore Ahlbäck (ed., with the assistance of Björn Dahla): Western Esotericism. Based on Papers Read at the Symposium on Western Esotericism Held at Åbo, Finland, on 15-17 August 2007 (Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, vol. 20). Åbo: Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History, pp. 217-236.

2008. La sapienza oltre la dimostrazione: la conoscenza esperienziale dalla Tarda Antichità al XIII secolo in una prospettiva interreligiosa. Unauthorized translation by Marta Zoppetti. In: Alessandro Grossato (ed.), Forme e correnti dell'esoterismo occidentale, Venice: Medusa, pp. 39-54.

2008*. Rewriting the Book of Nature: Kabbalah and the Metaphors of Contemporary Life-Sciences. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture 2/4, pp. 419-442.

2008. S.v. 'Missionsbericht.' In: Friedrich Jaeger (ed.): Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, vol. 8, cols. 598-600.

2009. Naturwissenschaft und Religion: Interferenzen und diskursive Transfers. In: Hans G. Kippenberg, Jörg Rüpke & Kocku von Stuckrad (eds.): Europäische Religionsgeschichte – ein mehrfacher Pluralismus: Entwicklungspfade, kulturelle Transfers, Vermittlungsformen. 2 vols. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht/UTB, pp. 441-466.

2009. Introduction: In Praise of Questions. In: Jacqueline Braak & Deirdre Malone (eds.), Van Discussie tot Beleving: Religiestudies aan de UvA. Amsterdam: Ars Notoria/Religiestudies, pp. viii-xii.

2009. Esoterik. In: Erich Geldbach & Peter Noss (eds.), Vielfalt und Wandel: Lexikon der Religionsgemeinschaften im Ruhrgebiet. Essen: Klartext Verlag, pp. 517-519. [NB: Unauthorized publication]

2009. Astrologia Hermetica: Astrology, Western Culture, and the Academy. In: Tessel Bauduin, Wouter J. Hanegraaff & Joyce Pijnenburg (eds.): Hermes in the Academy: Ten Years Study of Western Esotericism at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 51-58.

2009*. Theologies and Scholars (A Forum on 'Theology' and Scholarly Inquiry). Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture 3, pp. 392-397.

2009. S.v. 'Naturreligionen' and 'Orientalismus: Religionswissenschaft.' In: Friedrich Jaeger (ed.): Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, vol. 9.

2009. S.v. 'Religionsbegriff,' 'Religionswissenschaft,' and 'Religionsvergleich.' In: Friedrich Jaeger (ed.): Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, vol. 10.

2010*. Utopian Landscapes and Ecstatic Journeys: Friedrich Nietzsche, Hermann Hesse, and Mircea Eliade on the Terror of Modernity. Numen: International Review for the History of Religions 57/1, pp. 78-102.

2010. The Code of Creation: Kabbalistic Genealogies and Modern Life Sciences. In: Jitse Dijkstra, Justin Kroesen & Yme Kuiper (eds.): Myths, Martyrs, and Modernity: Studies in the History of Religions in Honour of Jan N. Bremmer. Leiden & Boston: Brill, pp. 671-685.

2010*. Introduction: Kabbalah and Modernity (with Boaz Huss and Marco Pasi). In: Boaz Huss, Marco Pasi & Kocku von Stuckrad (eds.): Kabbalah and Modernity: Interpretations, Transformations, Adaptations. Leiden & Boston: Brill, pp. 2-10.

2010*. Madonna and the Shekhinah: The Playful Transgression of Gender Roles in Popular Culture. In: Boaz Huss, Marco Pasi & Kocku von Stuckrad (eds.): Kabbalah and Modernity: Interpretations, Transformations, Adaptations. Leiden & Boston: Brill, pp. 283-299.

2010*. Reflections on the Limits of Reflection: An Invitation to Discursive Study of Religion. Method and Theory in the Study of Religion 22, pp. 156-169.

2010*. Secrecy as Social Capital. In: Andreas B. Kilcher (ed.): Constructing Tradition: Means and Myths of Transmission in Western Esotericism. Leiden & Boston: Brill, pp. 239-252.

2010*. Why Philosophy and History Matter: A Conversation with Ann Taves. Religion 40, pp. 314-316.

2010. Religie, natuurwetenschap en de radicalisering van de moderniteit. Theologisch Debat 7 (December 2010), pp. 32-39.

2011*. Le Picatrix dan le De Vita de Marsile Ficine, transferts culturels. In: J.P. Boudet, A. Caiozzo & N. Weill-Parot (eds.), Picatrix, Images et magie, Paris: Champion, pp. 331-339.

2011*. Astral Magic in Ancient Jewish Discourse: Adoption, Transformation, Differentiation. In: Gideon Bohak, Yuval Harari & Shaul Shaked (eds.), Continuity and Innovation in the Magical Tradition, Leiden & Boston: Brill, pp. 245-270.

2012*. Refutation and Desire: European Perceptions of Shamanism in the Late Eighteenth Century. Journal of Religion in Europe 5/1, pp. 100-121.

2012. Straw Men and Scientific Nostalgia: A Response to Luther H. Martin and Donald Wiebe. Religio: Revue pro religionistiku 20, pp. 55-61.

2012*. Discursive Transfers and Reconfigurations: Tracing the Religious and the Esoteric in Secular Culture. In: Egil Asprem & Kennet Granholm (eds.): Contemporary Esotericism. London: Equinox, pp. 226-243.

2012*. "The Only Game in Town?" Or: Contested Masters in Modern Western Shamanism. In: Almut-Barbara Renger (ed.): Meister und Schüler in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Von Religionen der Antike bis zur modernen Esoterik. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pp. 363-382.

2012. Geschlechterdiskurs und Normativität – kurze Anmerkungen zur Tagung. In: Jörg Lauster et al. (eds.), Geschlechtergerechtigkeit: Herausforderung der Religionen. Hamburg: Eb-Verlag (in print).

2013*. Secular Religion: A Discourse-historical Approach to Religion in Contemporary Western Europe. Journal of Contemporary Religion 28/1, pp. 1-14.

2013*. With Anders Klostergaard Petersen: The Gods as Role Model in Western Tradition: Introduction to the Special Issue. Special issue "The Gods as Role Model in Western Tradition: Imitation, Divinization, Transgression". Numen: International Review for the History of Religions 60/1, pp. 1-6.

2013*. "What I Cannot Build I Cannot Understand": Transgressive Discourses in Life Sciences and Synthetic Biology. Special issue "The Gods as Role Model in Western Tradition: Imitation, Divinization, Transgression". Numen: International Review for the History of Religions 60/1, pp. 119-133.

2013*. Afterword: mysticism, Gnosticism and Esotericism as Entangled Discourses. In: April D. DeConick & Grant Adamson (eds.), Histories of the Hidden God: Concealment and Revelation in Western Gnostic, Esoteric, and Mystical Traditions. Durham: Acumen, pp. 312-319.

2013*. Überlegungen zur Transformation des esoterischen Diskursfeldes seit der Aufklärung. In: Monika Neugebauer-Wölk, Renko Geffarth & Markus Meumann (eds.), Aufklärung und Esoterik: Wege in die Moderne. Berlin & Boston: de Gruyter (Hallesche Beiträge zur Europäischen Aufklärung 48) (in press).

2013*. Magic. In: Robert A. Segal (ed.): The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion. 2nd ed. Malden etc.: Blackwell (submitted/accepted).

2013*. Religion and Theories of Action. In: Richard King (ed.): Theory, Religion, Critique: Classical and Contemporary Approaches. New York: Columbia University Press (submitted/accepted).

2013*. Astrology. In: Glenn Magee (ed.): The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (submitted/accepted).

1998. Hans G. Kippenberg, "Die Entdeckung der Religionsgeschichte: Religionswissenschaft und Moderne". Numen 45, pp. 324-325.

1999. Axel Michaels (ed.), "Klassiker der Religionswissenschaft. Von Friedrich Schleiermacher bis Mircea Eliade". Numen 46, pp. 220-221.

2000. David R. Jordan et al. (ed.), "The World of Ancient Magic". Numen 47, pp. 203-205.

2001. Mark C. Taylor (ed.), "Critical Terms for Religious Studies" & Willi Braun / Russell T. McCutcheon (eds.), "Guide to the Study of Religion". Numen 48, pp. 117-120.

2001. Arthur Versluis, "Wisdom's Children: A Christian Esoteric Tradition". Numen 48, pp. 231-233.

2001. Timothy Fitzgerald, "The Ideology of Religious Studies". Kea. Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften 13, pp. 247-249.

2002. Dieter Blume, "Regenten des Himmels. Astrologische Bilder in Mittelalter und Renaissance". Aries. Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism 2, pp. 213-216.

2002. Recent Studies on Western Esotericism: Some Reflections. Review of Richard Caron et al. (ed.), "Ésotérisme, Gnoses et Imaginaire symbolique: Mélanges offerts à Antoine Faivre"; Roelof van den Broek & Cis van Heertum (ed.), "From Poimandres to Jacob Böhme: Gnosis, Hermetism and the Christian Tradition"; Olav Hammer, "Claiming Knowledge. Strategies of Epistemology from Theosophy to the New Age"; Mikael Rothstein (ed.), "New Age Religion and Globalization". Numen 49, pp. 212-218.

2002. Kurt Hübner, "Glaube und Denken. Dimensionen der Wirklichkeit". Numen 49, pp. 351-353.

2003. Ronald Hutton, "Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination". Aries. Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism 3, pp. 110-113.

2003. Anne-Charlott Trepp & Hartmut Lehmann (eds.), "Antike Weisheit und kulturelle Praxis. Hermetismus in der Frühen Neuzeit. Aries. Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism 3/2, pp. 266-269.

2003. Henri-Paul Francfort & Roberte N. Hamayon (eds.), "The Concept of Shamanism: Uses and Abuses". Numen 50/1, pp. 119-121.

2004. Russell T. McCutcheon, "The Discipline of Religion: Structure, Meaning, Rhetoric". Numen 51/2, pp. 216-218.

2004. Joscelyn Godwin, "The Pagan Dream of the Renaissance". Aries. Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism 4/2, pp. 228-231.

2004. Birgit Meyer & Peter Pels (eds.), "Magic and Modernity: Interfaces of Revelation and Concealment". Numen 51/3, pp. 352-354 .

2004. Gerhard Mayer, "Schamanismus in Deutschland. Konzepte - Praktiken - Erfahrungen". Zeitschrift für Anomalistik 4, pp. 270-273.

2005. Jeppe Sinding Jensen, "The Study of Religion in a New Key: Theoretical and philosophical soundings in the comparative and general study of religion". Numen 52/1, pp. 146-149.

2005. Michael J. B. Allen & Valery Rees (with Martin Davies) (eds.), "Marsilio Ficino: His Theology, His Philosophy, His Legacy". Aries. Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism 5/1, pp. 127-131.

2005. Roy Willis & Patrick Curry, "Astrology, Science and Culture: Pulling Down the Moon". Journal for Contemporary Religion 20/3, pp. 421-422.

2006. Linda Simonis, "Die Kunst des Geheimen. Esoterische Kommunikation und ästhetische Darstellung im 18. Jahrhundert". Aries. Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism 6, pp. 90-93.

2007. Steven vanden Broecke, "The Limits of Influence: Pico, Louvain, and the Crisis of Renaissance Astrology". Aries. Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism 7/1, pp. 113-115.

2007. Stephen D. O'Leary & Glen S. McGhee (eds.), "War in Heaven – Heaven on Earth: Theories of the Apocalyptic". Numen 54, pp. 96-98.

2007. Hermann Geyer, "Verborgene Weisheit: Johann Arndts 'Vier Bücher vom Wahren Christentum' als Programm einer spiritualistisch-hermetischen Tradition". Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism 7/2, pp. 239-241.

2007. Marco Pasi, "Aleister Crowley und die Versuchung der Politik". The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies 9/2, pp. 194-196.

2008. Michael Borgolte, "Christen, Juden, Muselmanen: Die Erben der Antike und der Aufstieg des Abendlandes 300 bis 1400 n. Chr." Journal of Religion in Europe 1/1, pp. 119-120.

2008. Elliot R. Wolfson, "Alef, Mem, Tau: Kabbalistic Musings on Time, Truth, and Death". Numen 55/1, pp. 115-117.

2009. Reimund Leicht, "Astrologumena Judaica: Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der astrologischen Literatur der Juden". Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism 9/1, pp. 117-119.

2009. Thomas Werner, "Den Irrtum liquidieren: Bücherverbrennungen im Mittelalter". Journal of Religion in Europe 2/1, pp. 61-62.

2010. Monika Neugebauer-Wölk (ed., in collaboration with Andre Rudolph), "Aufklärung und Esoterik: Rezeption - Integration - Konfrontation". Journal of Religion in Europe 3/3, pp. 380-382.

2010. Christopher I. Lehrich, "The Occult Mind: Magic in Theory and Practice". Ambix 57/3, p. 314.

2010. Anne-Marie Korte & Maaike de Haardt (eds.), "The Boundaries of Monotheism: Interdisciplinary Explorations into the Foundations of Western Monotheism". Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift 64/4, pp. 348-349.

2011. Thomas A. DuBois, "An Introduction to Shamanism". Numen 58, pp. 422-423.

2012. Daniel Jütte, "Das Zeitalter des Geheimnisses: Juden, Christen und die Ökonomie des Geheimen (1400-1800)". Journal of Religion in Europe 5, pp. 418-419.

2012. Michael Stausberg & Steven Engler (eds.), "The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion". Numen 59 (submitted).

1999. Astrologische Konnotationen christlicher Endzeiterwartung: Ein Vergleich zwischen 1523 und 1999. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Vereinigung für Religionsgeschichte (DVRG) "Endzeit, Wendezeit, Neue Zeit" Tübingen, Germany, October 1999.

1999. Between Mysticism and Science: New Shamanism and 'Naturphilosophie'. Annual Meeting of the AAR at Boston, USA, November 1999.

2000**. Heilung durch die Geister: Spirituelle Therapien im Neo-Schamanismus. Vortragsreihe "Religion und Heilung", Free University Berlin, Germany, May 2000.

2000. The Beginning of a Mutual Enrichment: Jewish Mystical Discourse and Hermetic Esotericism in Late Antiquity. XVIIIth International Congress of the I.A.H.R. Durban, South Africa, August 2000, Symposium "Western Esotericism and Jewish Mysticism".

2001. Tagewählerei im jüdisch-christlich-manichäischen Kontext der Spätantike. Deutscher Orientalistentag Bamberg, Germany, March 2001.

2001**. Esoterische Milieus der Großstadt: Überlegungen zur Beschreibung religiöser Landschaften. Conference of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung dedicated to "Religiöser Pluralismus im Rheinland – Zum Umgang mit Religionen", Wesseling, Germany, June 2001.

2001. Religionswissenschaft im öffentlichen Raum: Aspekte der Popularisierung akademischer Wissensbestände am Beispiel des modernen Schamanismus. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Vereinigung für Religionsgeschichte (DVRG) "Popularisierung und Mediatisierung von Religion" Leipzig, Germany, September 2001.

2001. Relative, Contingent, Determined: The category 'history' and its methodological dilemma. Annual Meeting of the AAR at Denver, USA, November 2001.

2002**. Religionswissenschaft in Germany: Predicaments and Prospects. Conference of the Dutch Association for the History of Religions (NGG), dedicated to "The Future of the Science of Religions in the Netherlands: Tasks and Responsibilities", Heeze, The Netherlands, May 2002. (Keynote lecture)

2002**. Wissenschaftliche und religiöse Transfers im Mittelalter: Das Beispiel Astrologie. Conference at the University of Bremen, dedicated to "Religiöser Pluralismus im Mittelalter?", Bremen, Germany, November 2002.

2002**. Heilung durch die Geister: Der moderne westliche Schamanismus. Series of lectures at the University of Bayreuth ("Religion am Donnerstag"), dedicated to "Geist - Heilung - Energie", Bayreuth, Germany, November 2002.

2003. Communitas: Environmentalist Activity and Ritual Theory. Annual meeting of the DVRG "Religion(en) im Konflikt", Erfurt, Germany, September 2003.

2003. Religion as Communication: Do We Need a New Paradigm? Annual Meeting of the AAR, Atlanta, USA, November 2003.

2004**. A Discursive Approach to Esotericism. Conference dedicated to "The Study of Western Esotericism: Critical Approaches", Aups, France, January 2004.

2004**. Die konstruierte Gemeinschaft: Das Konzept der Prisca theologia in der Frühen Neuzeit. Conference of the University of Bremen, dedicated to "Welches soziale und kulturelle Kapital können religiöse Gemeinschaften ausbilden?", Bremen, Germany, February 2004.

2004**. Empiric Esotericism: John Dee's Conversations With Angels. Joint Conference University of Amsterdam and Esalen Institute, dedicated to "The Varieties of Esoteric Experience: The Experiential Dimension of Gnosis and Western Esotericism from Antiquity to the Present", Esalen, USA, March 2004.

2004**. Komplexität als Normalfall: Bemerkungen zur Singularisierungsrhetorik christlich-theologischer Diskurse im nachreformatorischen Europa. Conference at the "Evangelische Akademie Tutzing", dedicated to "Postmodern und fromm zugleich?", Tutzing, Germany, April 2004.

2004**. Esoterik, Christentum und Europäische Religionsgeschichte. Annual meeting of the "Evangelische Zentralstelle für Weltanschauungsfragen", dedicated to "Moderne Esoterik und christlicher Glaube", Bad Herrenalb, Germany, May 2004.

2004**. The Function of Horoscopes in Biographical Narrative: Cardano and After. Conference at the University of Amsterdam, dedicated to "Horoscopes and History", Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 2004.

2004**. Was ist Esoterik? Public lecture at the "Urania", Berlin, Germany, September 2004.

2004. European Polytheism Revisited: From 'Pagan Dreams' to Visual Culture in Renaissance Studies. Annual Meeting of the AAR, San Antonio, USA, November 2004.

2004**. Alles andere als einheitlich: Christliche Positionen zur Astrologie in der Spätantike. Conference dedicated to "Gott, die Sterne und der Mensch - Astrologie als Orientierungshilfe in Geschichte und Gegenwart", Hannover, Germany, December 2004.

2005**. Kalender, Astronomie und Heilsgeschichte: Zeitliche Ordnungsmuster in Qumran und im frühen Christentum. Series of lectures on "Zeit, heilige Zeit, Ewigkeit im antiken Mittelmeerraum", University of Münster, Germany, January 2005.

2005**. Van Engeland naar Europa: De herintroductie van de astrologie op het continent rond 1900. Public lecture in collaboration with the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek naar de Astrologie (NVWOA) and the Astrologische Vakvereiniging Nederland (AVN), Utrecht, The Netherlands, February 2005 .

2005**. Religion und Naturwissenschaft: Interferenzen und diskursive Transfers. Conference at the Max-Weber-Kolleg, University of Erfurt, dedicated to "Elemente einer Europäischen Religionsgeschichte: Entwicklungspfade und Vermittlungswege", Erfurt, Germany, February 2005.

2005. Christian Kabbalah and Anti-Jewish Polemics: Pico's Theses Revisited. Meeting of the I.A.H.R., Tokyo, Japan, March 2005.

2005**. Die Mär vom Christlichen Abendland: Ende einer Meistererzählung. "European Conference" at the University of Konstanz, Germany, April 2005.

2005. On the Interface of Cultures: Astrology, Chymistry, and Kabbalah between Science and Religion. Annual Meeting of the AAR, Philadelphia, USA, November 2005.

2006**. Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588-1638): Aristotelianism, Hermeticism, and Universal Reform in a Time of Crisis. Conference "Hermetism and Rationalism in an Era of Cultural Change" at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, February 2006.

2006**. Das andere Wissen - das Andere wissen: Die Esoterik in der Europäischen Kulturgeschichte. Series of lectures on "Knowledge" at the Fachhochschule Aargau, Switzerland, April 2006.

2006. Interferential Patterns: Ernst Haeckel between Scientific Darwinism, Philosophical Monism, and Devotion of Nature. Inaugural conference of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, Gainesville, Florida, USA, April 2006.

2006**. The Mystical Body: The Shekhinah as Role Model from the Zohar to Madonna. Conference "Constructing Gender in Religious Symbolic Systems" at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, May 2006.

2006**. Astral Magic in Jewish Discourse: Reception, Absorption, Transformation. Workshop "Continuity and Innovation in the Magical Tradition (Near Eastern, Hellenistic and Early Medieval)" at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, July 2006.

2006. St. Petersburg Tea Party: The European Enlightenment Encounters the Shaman. 6th conference of the European Association for the Study of Religion EASR, session of the Research Network on European History of Religions NEUR on "The Reception of the East," Bucharest, Romania, September 2006.

2006**. Die Geburt der Philologie aus dem Geiste der Esoterik. Conference "Die Enzyklopädik der Esoterik: Allwissenheitsmythen und universalwissenschaftliche Modelle in der Esoterik der Frühen Neuzeit" at the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, Germany, September 2006.

2006. Esotericism and Mysticism: What Is the Difference? Annual Meeting of the AAR, Washington, DC, USA, November 2006.

2007**. Jewish Astrology in Late Antiquity. Workshop on "Ancient Astrology," Warburg Institute, London, UK, February 2007.

2007. The Status of the Picatrix in Marsilio Ficino's De Vita: Continuities and Changes. Annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, Miami, Florida, USA, March 2007.

2007**. The Scholar and the Irrational: Shamanism, Secret Experiences, and the Trope of Academic Neutrality. Conference "Secret States: Altered States of Consciousness and Western Esotericism," Esalen Institute, California, USA, May 2007.

2007**. Die Esoterik im Bezugsfeld europäischer Religionsgeschichte. "Graduiertenkolleg Religionswissenschaft," University of Erfurt, Germany, June 2007.

2007**. Madonna the Shekhinah: The Playful Transgression of Gender Roles in Popular Culture. Conference "Kabbalah and Modernity," University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 2007.

2007**. Secrecy as Social Capital. Conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism, Tübingen, Germany, July 2007.

2007**. Esoteric Discourse and the European History of Religion: The Emergence of a New Interpretational Framework. Conference on "Western Esotericism," hosted by the Donner Institute, Turku / Åbo, Finland, August 2007.

2007**. New Approaches to the Study of Religion in Europe. Workshop on "European History of Religion," hosted by the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, September 2007.

2007**. Die Bedeutung und das Ende der Zeit: Die Interpretation von Großen Konjunktionen in Islam, Judentum und Christentum zwischen Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit. International Astrology Congress and 60th Anniversary of the "Deutscher Astrologen-Verband," Karlsruhe, Germany, October 2007.

2007**. Wisdom beyond Demonstration: Experiential Knowledge From Late Antiquity to the 13th Century in Interreligious Perspective. Conference on "Forms and Currents of Western Esotericism," Venice, Italy, October 2007.

2008**. Enchanted Science: Esoteric Semantics of Contemporary Biology. 2nd international conference of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, Morelia, Mexico, January 2008. (Keynote lecture)

2008**. Dekonstruktion einer Meistererzählung: Das "christliche Abendland". Workshop on "Europäische Geschichte des Mittelalters: Frühere und neuere Meistererzählungen," Trento, Italy, March 2008.

2008**. Rewriting the Book of Nature: Kabbalistic Structures in Contemporary Life Sciences. Third International Conference of the Association for the Study of Esotericism, devoted to "Esotericism, Religion, and Nature," Charleston, USA, May 2008.

2008**. Blinde vlekken: de ambivalente concepten "geschiedenis" en "ervaring" in religieantropologie en religiewetenschap. Conference of the Dutch Society for the Study of Religion (NGG), devoted to "Godsdienstantropologie en godsdienstwetenschap: van impulsen naar onderzoeksagenda’s", Soesterberg, The Netherlands, October 2008.

2009**. Abwehr und Verlangen: Die Genese des modernen westlichen Schamanismus. Workshop on "Modern Western Shamanism", Cologne, Germany, February 2009.

2009**. Astrologie als onderdeel van de westerse cultuurgeschiedenis. Lecture for the "Illustere School", University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 2009.

2009**. Living Words: Kabbalistic Ontologies of Language. Conference of the research program "The Future of the Religious Past", dedicated to "Words", Groningen, The Netherlands, June 2009.

2009**. Imaginary Landscapes and Shamanic Journeys: Hermann Hesse and Mircea Eliade on the Borders of Literature, Religion, and Intellectual Escapism. 2nd International Conference of the European Society for the Study of Esotericism, devoted to "Capitals of European Esotericism and Transcultural Dialogue", Strassburg, France, July 2009.

2009**. Participation in review panel on the volume "Europäische Religionsgeschichte - ein mehrfacher Pluralismus" (ed. by H.G. Kippenberg, J. Rüpke & Kocku von Stuckrad, 2 volumes, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2009). 9th Annual Conference of the EASR, Messina, Italy, September 2009.

2009**. Scholarly Concepts as Discursive Formations: Reflections on the Limits of Reflection. Round Table on "Theoretical-Critical Issues in the Study of Religion". Co-sponsored session of the North American Association for the Study of Religion and the Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion Group of the American Academy of Religion. Annual Meeting of the AAR, Montreal, Canada, November 2009.

2010**. 'The Oldest of All Arts': The Appropriation of Classical Sources in Contemporary Astrology. Conference "The Rewriting of Authoritative Texts", University of Aarhus, Denmark, January 2010.

2010**. Helena P. Blavatsky and the Birth of Modern Esotericism. Series of lectures on "Pioneers of Religious Revival", Jacobs University Bremen, Germany, February 2010.

2010**. Vitalistische Naturkonzepte in der deutschen Romantik: Philosophie, Naturwissenschaft und Literatur als offene Systeme. Conference "Aufklärung und Esoterik: Wege in die Moderne", University of Halle, Germany, March 2010.

2010**. The Esoteric Quest and Western Culture. The 2010 Burkitt Lecture of Rice University, April 2010. (Keynote lecture)

2010**. Jewish Astrological Imagery in Late Antiquity. Conference "Imagining Astrology: Painted Schemes and Threads of the Soul", University of Bristol, UK, July 2010.

2010**. From Astronomy to Naturphilosophie, from Matter to Spirit: Astrology in German Romanticism. Conference "Astrologies", organized by the Sofia Centre, University of Wales, Lampeter, at the Bath Royal Scientific and Literary Institute, Bath, UK, July 2010. (Keynote lecture)

2010. An Invitation to Discursive Study of Religion. XXth Quinquennial World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religion, Toronto, Canada, August 2010.

2010**. Esoteric Discourse in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Lecture at the Groningen Medieval Society EMO, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, October 2010.

2010**. Esotericism and Political Culture in the Seventeenth Century. Series of lectures on "History of Political Culture" at the Department of History, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, November 2010.

2010**. Ein Lieblingsfeind der Moderne: Anmerkungen zum Wissenschaftsstatus der Astrologie im Wandel der Geschichte. Series of lectures on "Sciences and Pseudo-sciences" at the Center for the Theory of Science at the University of Münster, Germany, November 2010.

2010**. Retelling Religious History: Witches, Shamans, and Pagans in the West. Series of lectures in the Studium Generale program on "The Belief Instinct", University of Groningen, the Netherlands, November 2010.

2011**. "What I Cannot Build I Cannot Understand": Transgressive Discourses in Life Sciences and Synthetic Biology. Conference "The Gods as Role Model: Imitation, Divinization, Transgression", University of Groningen, the Netherlands, January 2011.

2011**. Animistische spiritualiteit in de hedendaagse samenleving. Series of lectures "De ziel en het zelf", Humanistisch Verbond, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, January 2011.

2011**. Transformation von Religion in Europa. Lecture for the research group "Transfer and Transformation of Missionaries' Images of Europe in Contact with the Other 1700-1970", Institute of European History, Mainz, Germany, January 2011.

2011**. A Success-Story: Poststructuralist Approaches, 23 Years after Joan W. Scott's Gender and the Politics of History, Workshop on "Gender Studies in Theology and Religion: A Success-Story?", University of Groningen, the Netherlands, January 2011.

2011**. European Perceptions of Eastern Shamanism in the late Eighteenth Century. Research seminar on "Perceptions of Eastern Shamanism and Western Esotericism in Late Eighteenth-Century Russia", University of Sheffield, UK, April 2011.

2011**. Gerechtigkeit und Ungerechtigkeit in religiösen Begründungen von Geschlechterverhältnissen - eine Tagungsbilanz. VIIth International Rudolf-Otto-Symposion, University of Marburg, Germany, May 2011.

2011**. Secular Religion: Explaining the Place of Religion in Contemporary Europe. 10th Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR), in collaboration with the Hungarian Association for the Academic Study of Religions, under the title "New Movements in Religion", Budapest, Hungary, September 2011. (Keynote lecture)

2011**. The Entanglement of Religion and Art: Joseph Beuys, Shamanism, and Ritual. Joint conference of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture (ISSRNC) and the Vatican Museums, under the title "Religion, Nature, and Art", Rome, October 2011. (Keynote lecture)

2011**. Astrology as a Language of Science and Religion. Conference on medieval astrology in Portugal, Institute of Medieval History, University of Lisbon, November 2011.

2011**. Towards a Discursive Definition of Religion. Lecture as part of the Honorary Professorship, Aarhus University, Denmark, December 2011.

2012**. Secular Religion: Explaining the Place of Religion in Contemporary Europe. Religious Studies Colloquium of the INTEGON Research Institute for Theology and Religious Studies, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, January 2012.

2012**. Fringe Knowledge? Rethinking the Esoteric Enlightenment. Annual meeting of the Dutch Eighteenth-Century Society, devoted to "Centre and Periphery in the Enlightenment", University of Groningen, The Netherlands, January 2012.

2012**. After the Secularization Narrative: New Approaches to the Interpretation of Religion in Modern Europe. Lecture at the Department of Cross Cultural and Regional Studies Section for History of Religions, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, February 2012.

2012**. Mediating Mysticism in the Life-Sciences. Conference "Mystic Media: The Religious Reception of Historical and Contemporary Media", University of Fribourg, Switzerland, May 2012. (Keynote lecture)

2012**. Burgerschap tussen religie en publieke rituelen in de oudheid en de middeleeuwen ("Citizenship between Religion and Public Rituals in Antiquity and the Middle Ages"). Conference "Burgerspiegels en burgerschapseducatie van de oudheid tot het eind van het Ancien Régime", University of Groningen, The Netherlands, June 2012.

2012**. The Scientification of Religion, or: How Secular Science has Given New Life to Religion. 11th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religion, in collaboration with the Swedish Association for the History of Religions, on "Ends and Beginnings", Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden, August 2012. (Keynote lecture)

2012**. Rejected Theory in the Study of Esotericism. 1st International Conference on "Contemporary Esotericism", Stockholm University, Sweden, August 2012. (Keynote lecture)

2012. Gerardus van der Leeuw – a Classic Revisited. Lecture for the Opening of the Academic Year, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen, September 2012.

2012. Het monisme van Ernst Haeckel, of hoe het Darwinisme een nieuwe religie voortbracht. Lecture for the Center for the History of the University and the Sciences, University of Groningen, September 2012.

2012**. Plurale Wissensansprüche in der europäischen Religionsgeschichte: Astrologie, Esoterik, Wissenschaft. Series of lectures on "Religiöse Pluralität als Herausforderung von Politik, Religionen und Gesellschaften", Excellency Cluster "Religion and Politics in Premodern and Modern Cultures", University of Münster, Germany, November 2012.

2012. De wetenschapsstatus van de astrologie in historisch perspectief. Lecture for the Astrological Association of Northern Netherlands. Groningen, December 2012.

2013**. Säkularismus als Brutplatz neuer Formen von Religion. Public lecture at the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt, Germany, January 2013.

2013**. De secularisatie voorbij, of: hoe het secularisme nieuwe vormen van religie heeft voortgebracht. Jan Snijderslezing, University of Groningen, February 2013.

2013**. Theorizing Pluralism from a Discursive Perspective. Workshop of the Critical Analysis of Religious Diversity Network on "Theory and Methodology", University of Aarhus, Denmark, May 2013.

2013**. Interpretation as an Object of Study: Observing Scholars of Religion at Work. Workshop on "Interpretation", Fondazione San Carlo, Modena, Italy, June 2013.

2013**. Die Konzepte 'Gnosis' und 'Mystik' und ihr Verhältnis zu Wissensdiskursen. Conference "Mystik und Gnosis in Literatur, Kunst und Wissensdiskursen", Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, September 2013.

2013**. How Can We Put Discursive Approaches into Practice? Workshop of the American Academy of Religion AAR on "The Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline", Baltimore, USA, November 2013.

2013**. Martin Buber, Gershom Scholem, and "Jewish Mysticism": Reflections on the Self-Orientalization of Jewish Intellectuals in Europe around 1900. Conference "Constructions of Mysticism: Inventions and Interactions across the Borders", University of Münster, Germany, December 2013.

2013**. The Theosophical Society as a Discursive Hub for Kabbalah, Science, and Religion. Conference "Theosophical Appropriations: Kabbalah, Western Esotericism and the Transformation of Traditions", Ben-Gurion University Beer Sheva, Israel, December 2013.