Mikael Rothstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 3601333 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mikael Rothstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mikael |
| FAMILY NAME | Rothstein |
| SIGNATURE | ROTHSTEIN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8605-893X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Jesus the Sect Leader in Comparative Perspective
This article seeks to expand our view of the New Testament’s Jesus by tentatively comparing him to present day sect leaders. With reference to ancient Christian writings, the article shows how the texts’ Jesus seems to share a significant number of traits with his modern peers, and that he is best understood in that context. It is thus—time and place taken into consideration—suggested that the historical Jesus was forged in sociocultural processe…
Jay Johnston, Stag and Stone
Jay Johnston, Stag and Stone: Religion, Archaeology and Esoteric Aesthetics (Sheffield: Equinox, 2021), 266 pp., £75.00 (hbk), ISBN: 9781781793381
Changing Identity in a Changing World. Current Studies on the Stone Age around 4000 BCE
From 2013-2022 the largest Stone Age excavation ever undertaken in Denmark, uncovered an entire fjord landscape beneath marine sediments at Rødbyhavn on the island of Lolland. Based on the excavations, Museum Lolland-Falster, in collaboration with Aarhus University and the Danish National Museum, organised an international conference on the topic of "LOST 2022 – Changing Identity in a Changing World" on 16 and 17 June 2022 to discuss the time aro…
Studiet af nye religioner i Danmark
En ny religion i Borneos regnskov
En feltarbejdsbaseret undersøgelse af religiøse forandringer blandt Borneos jægere og samlere, som påvirkes voldsomt og ødelæggende af hhv. tømmerdrift og kristen mission. Som reaktion på disse påvirkninger, udvikles nye religiøse forestillinger og ritualer
Integrating behavioral and geospatial data on the timeline
Studies of human spatial behavior increasingly rely on a combination of audiovisual and geospatial recordings. So far, however, few analytical environments have offered opportunities for integrated and expedient annotation and analysis of the two. Here we report the first study aimed at integrating geospatial data in an environment developed for time-aligned annotation of audiovisual media. By calibrating the audiovisual and geospatial signals on…
Conspiracy Theories, UFOs and the New Age
Representing space and place
The anthropological sciences have long been interested in how hunter-gatherers perceive and interact with their spatial environment. The spatially flexible and dynamic modes of subsistence and residence typical of many hunter-gatherer communities have been considered to be key factors in the social organisation and ideological framing of such communities. However, close attention to spatial representation—in the form of categories and distinction…
Being lost
This article explores the relationship between humans, their landscape and a spirit believed to make people lose their way. Departing from a very brief ethnographic sketch of the last remaining nomadic foragers of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, this article explains the relationship between the Eastern Penan and their forest home. It is emphasised that they consider themselves part and parcel of the forest, rather than subject-inhabitants in an objec…
New Religiosity in Contemporary Sweden
Contemporary Views on Comparative Religion
Comparative Religion is deeply rooted in historical-philological studies, but since the inception of the discipline in the late 19th century, a continual development has taken place. At this point, the discipline has moved into many different areas of the social, humanistic, psychological and biological sciences, and debates on theory and method are as intense as ever. As scholars of religion get a grip on some aspects of the phenomenon in questi…
The Significance of Rituals in Scientology
Scientology’s rituals may be divided into four categories, which are all mentioned in this article: 1) rituals aimed at the spiritual transformation of the individual, most profoundly the auditing procedure; 2) collective, very often calendrical ceremonies, usually termed “Events,” where the community of Scientologists, the organization itself, and its exalted founder are celebrated; 3) rites of passage such as weddings, namings, and funerals; an…
Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production
The study of new and emerging religions has come a long way during the past decades. One of the most striking advancements has been the introduction of studies along the trails of comparative relig
Religious Diversity in Post-Soviet Society
Invented Religions
Watching Birds and People
This article explores ornithology as a hidden resource in anthropological field work. Relating experiences among the Penan forest nomads of Sarawak, Borneo, the author describes how his personal knowledge of bird life paved the way for good working relations, and even friendship, with the Penan. Representing two very different cultures simple communication between the scholar on duty and the Penan community was difficult indeed, but the birds pro…
Weapons of Mass Defamation
The so called 'cartoon crisis' that arose in the wake of the publication of twelve satirical drawings of the Prophet Muhammad has been discussed in numerous ways. So far, however, the debate has not included a deeper analysis of why the desecration of Islam's prophet ignited such a response. Contrary to the claims of Islamic dogmaticism, the attributions regarding Muhammad's properties as a human being in Islamic culture in certain ways supersede…
New Age Religion and Globalization
Journal Article New Age Religion and Globalization, by Mikael Rothstein (ed). Aarhus University Press, 2001, 178 pp. $23.00 (Paper) Get access Christopher Helland Christopher Helland University of Toronto Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 64, Issue 3, Fall 2003, Pages 418–419, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712498 Published: 01 October 2003
Religious Minorities and New Religious Movements in Denmark
Meeting Report| April 01 2001 Religious Minorities and New Religious Movements in Denmark Armin W. Geertz, Armin W. Geertz Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Mikael Rothstein Mikael Rothstein Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2001) 4 (2): 298–309. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2001.4.2.298 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supple…
The family, Ufos and god
The Family is one of the best known new religions, and perhaps one of the most studied. However, one specific aspect of The Family's belief system has never been discussed by scholars: UFOs. The article describes the versatile notion of UFOs in The Family and is based on normative texts, as well as on quotations from believers. It attempts to explain why this aspect was originally introduced into David Berg's interpretation of Protestant Christia…
Images of the Mind and Images for the Eye. An Iconographical Approach to UFO-Mythology
In the study of contemporary new religions and popular religious or metaphysical notions, the iconographical sources are often sadly overlooked. In this article it is the intention to present an iconographical approach to one single, although significantly versatile, aspect of modern, non-traditional mythology, namely the notion of "flying saucers" or UFOs (i.e. Unidentified Flying Objects). The actual UFO-religions may be insignificant in terms …
Replik fra montrens indre
Rituals and Religious Innovation. The Meaning of Rituals in Shan the Rising Light
This paper presents an example of how rituals may play an important role in the birth of a new religion, and how this religious innovation can be interpreted through the rituals. This example concerns a religious group — Shan the Rising Light — that has managed to introduce a comprehensive body of rituals into a belief system otherwise characteristed by its general lack of rituals and ceremonies (namely the theosophy of Madame Blavatsky), thereby…
Svar på kritik af artikel om trancendental meditation
Da Gud blev til en lille grøn mand fra Rummet
The International Raëlian Movement, founded by the French journalist Claude Vorlihon (Raël) in 1974, is one of the best consolidated UFO-cults, now present in more than 40 countries. Its teaching is primarily derived form the judeo-christian mythology, although the interpretation throughout is related to modern scientific and pseudo-scientific notions. Further the cult integrates elements of European folklore, which indeed makes it a syncretistic…
Changing Identity in a Changing World. Current Studies on the Stone Age around 4000 BCE
From 2013-2022 the largest Stone Age excavation ever undertaken in Denmark, uncovered an entire fjord landscape beneath marine sediments at Rødbyhavn on the island of Lolland. Based on the excavations, Museum Lolland-Falster, in collaboration with Aarhus University and the Danish National Museum, organised an international conference on the topic of "LOST 2022 – Changing Identity in a Changing World" on 16 and 17 June 2022 to discuss the time aro…
Integrating behavioral and geospatial data on the timeline
Studies of human spatial behavior increasingly rely on a combination of audiovisual and geospatial recordings. So far, however, few analytical environments have offered opportunities for integrated and expedient annotation and analysis of the two. Here we report the first study aimed at integrating geospatial data in an environment developed for time-aligned annotation of audiovisual media. By calibrating the audiovisual and geospatial signals on…
Rites of Passage in the Unification Church
No abstract available
Mystik og ritual i transcendental meditation
After a brief description of the Transcendental Meditation movement (TM), the meditation-rituals of the group are analyzed, and it is shown how the mediations can be understood as some kind of a ritual drama. Although this type of ritual ususally implies a thorough knowledge of the mythological aspect, this is not always the case in TM. It is shown, however, that some participants quite aware, enact the cosmogonies known to innner-members through…
Svar på kritik af artikel om trancendental meditation
Da Gud blev til en lille grøn mand fra Rummet
The International Raëlian Movement, founded by the French journalist Claude Vorlihon (Raël) in 1974, is one of the best consolidated UFO-cults, now present in more than 40 countries. Its teaching is primarily derived form the judeo-christian mythology, although the interpretation throughout is related to modern scientific and pseudo-scientific notions. Further the cult integrates elements of European folklore, which indeed makes it a syncretistic…
Rituals and Religious Innovation. The Meaning of Rituals in Shan the Rising Light
This paper presents an example of how rituals may play an important role in the birth of a new religion, and how this religious innovation can be interpreted through the rituals. This example concerns a religious group — Shan the Rising Light — that has managed to introduce a comprehensive body of rituals into a belief system otherwise characteristed by its general lack of rituals and ceremonies (namely the theosophy of Madame Blavatsky), thereby…
Replik fra montrens indre
Images of the Mind and Images for the Eye. An Iconographical Approach to UFO-Mythology
In the study of contemporary new religions and popular religious or metaphysical notions, the iconographical sources are often sadly overlooked. In this article it is the intention to present an iconographical approach to one single, although significantly versatile, aspect of modern, non-traditional mythology, namely the notion of "flying saucers" or UFOs (i.e. Unidentified Flying Objects). The actual UFO-religions may be insignificant in terms …
The family, Ufos and god
The Family is one of the best known new religions, and perhaps one of the most studied. However, one specific aspect of The Family's belief system has never been discussed by scholars: UFOs. The article describes the versatile notion of UFOs in The Family and is based on normative texts, as well as on quotations from believers. It attempts to explain why this aspect was originally introduced into David Berg's interpretation of Protestant Christia…
Religious Minorities and New Religious Movements in Denmark
Meeting Report| April 01 2001 Religious Minorities and New Religious Movements in Denmark Armin W. Geertz, Armin W. Geertz Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Mikael Rothstein Mikael Rothstein Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2001) 4 (2): 298–309. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2001.4.2.298 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supple…
New Age Religion and Globalization
Journal Article New Age Religion and Globalization, by Mikael Rothstein (ed). Aarhus University Press, 2001, 178 pp. $23.00 (Paper) Get access Christopher Helland Christopher Helland University of Toronto Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 64, Issue 3, Fall 2003, Pages 418–419, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712498 Published: 01 October 2003
Weapons of Mass Defamation
The so called 'cartoon crisis' that arose in the wake of the publication of twelve satirical drawings of the Prophet Muhammad has been discussed in numerous ways. So far, however, the debate has not included a deeper analysis of why the desecration of Islam's prophet ignited such a response. Contrary to the claims of Islamic dogmaticism, the attributions regarding Muhammad's properties as a human being in Islamic culture in certain ways supersede…
Watching Birds and People
This article explores ornithology as a hidden resource in anthropological field work. Relating experiences among the Penan forest nomads of Sarawak, Borneo, the author describes how his personal knowledge of bird life paved the way for good working relations, and even friendship, with the Penan. Representing two very different cultures simple communication between the scholar on duty and the Penan community was difficult indeed, but the birds pro…
Religious Diversity in Post-Soviet Society
Invented Religions
Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production
The study of new and emerging religions has come a long way during the past decades. One of the most striking advancements has been the introduction of studies along the trails of comparative relig
Contemporary Views on Comparative Religion
Comparative Religion is deeply rooted in historical-philological studies, but since the inception of the discipline in the late 19th century, a continual development has taken place. At this point, the discipline has moved into many different areas of the social, humanistic, psychological and biological sciences, and debates on theory and method are as intense as ever. As scholars of religion get a grip on some aspects of the phenomenon in questi…
The Significance of Rituals in Scientology
Scientology’s rituals may be divided into four categories, which are all mentioned in this article: 1) rituals aimed at the spiritual transformation of the individual, most profoundly the auditing procedure; 2) collective, very often calendrical ceremonies, usually termed “Events,” where the community of Scientologists, the organization itself, and its exalted founder are celebrated; 3) rites of passage such as weddings, namings, and funerals; an…
New Religiosity in Contemporary Sweden
Representing space and place
The anthropological sciences have long been interested in how hunter-gatherers perceive and interact with their spatial environment. The spatially flexible and dynamic modes of subsistence and residence typical of many hunter-gatherer communities have been considered to be key factors in the social organisation and ideological framing of such communities. However, close attention to spatial representation—in the form of categories and distinction…
Being lost
This article explores the relationship between humans, their landscape and a spirit believed to make people lose their way. Departing from a very brief ethnographic sketch of the last remaining nomadic foragers of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, this article explains the relationship between the Eastern Penan and their forest home. It is emphasised that they consider themselves part and parcel of the forest, rather than subject-inhabitants in an objec…
Integrating behavioral and geospatial data on the timeline
Studies of human spatial behavior increasingly rely on a combination of audiovisual and geospatial recordings. So far, however, few analytical environments have offered opportunities for integrated and expedient annotation and analysis of the two. Here we report the first study aimed at integrating geospatial data in an environment developed for time-aligned annotation of audiovisual media. By calibrating the audiovisual and geospatial signals on…
Conspiracy Theories, UFOs and the New Age
Studiet af nye religioner i Danmark
En ny religion i Borneos regnskov
En feltarbejdsbaseret undersøgelse af religiøse forandringer blandt Borneos jægere og samlere, som påvirkes voldsomt og ødelæggende af hhv. tømmerdrift og kristen mission. Som reaktion på disse påvirkninger, udvikles nye religiøse forestillinger og ritualer
Jesus the Sect Leader in Comparative Perspective
This article seeks to expand our view of the New Testament’s Jesus by tentatively comparing him to present day sect leaders. With reference to ancient Christian writings, the article shows how the texts’ Jesus seems to share a significant number of traits with his modern peers, and that he is best understood in that context. It is thus—time and place taken into consideration—suggested that the historical Jesus was forged in sociocultural processe…
Philosophy (20 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (12 works) · Religious studies (11 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · History (9 works) · Theology (9 works) · Art (8 works) · Political science (7 works)