Social Forms of Religion: European and American Christianity in Past and Present - Paperback

Maren Freudenberg, born in 1983, is a sociologist of religion at the Center for Religious Studies, Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum, Germany. She obtained her PhD in sociology at Freie Universit?t Berlin, where she was a member of the Graduate School of North American Studies. Her research focuses on contemporary religion in the United States, global Charismatic Christianity, the connections between religion and the economy, and theoretical approaches in the sociology of religion.
Astrid Reuter, born in 1968, is a professor for religious studies at Universit?t M?nster and principal investigator at the Cluster of Excellence Religion & Politics. Her main research areas are the history and theory of religious studies, religion and law in Europe, Charismatic Catholicism and African religions in Latin America (with special focus on Brazil).