Michael Bergunder

Michael Bergunder (* 1966 in Halle (Saale) ) is a German religious scholar and intercultural theologian .

Life

Bergunder studied in Halle, Leipzig, Erfurt and Hamburg, received his doctorate in 1993 at the theological faculty in Halle and completed his habilitation there in 1998. His research interests include the Pentecostal-charismatic movements , esotericism and new religious movements as well as the history of religion in South India. He is a professor at Heidelberg University .

Since 2007 he has been a member of the DFG - Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” at Heidelberg University . Bergunder is co-editor of the “New Hallesche Reports. Sources and studies on the past and present of South India ”.

Ancestral rebirth: A religious-ethnographic and religious-phenomenological investigation into the idea of reincarnation . LIT 1994.
The South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the 20th Century: A Historical and Systematic Inquiry. Peter Lang GmbH, International Science Publishing House 1999.
Striving for the unity of science and religion. To understand life in modern esotericism. In: Eilert Herms (Ed.): Life. Understanding, science, technology. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2005, pp. 559-578.

As editor

Religious pluralism and Christianity: Festgabe for Helmut Obst on his 60th birthday. (Church - Denomination - Religion). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2001.
Aryans and Dravids: Constructions of the past as the basis for perceptions of self and others in South Asia. (New Hallesche reports). Harrassowitz Verlag 2002. doi: 10.11588 / xabooks.379.539
Mission reports from India in the 18th century: their significance for European intellectual history and their scientific source value for Indian studies. (New Hallesche reports) Harrassowitz Verlag 2004.
Esotericism and Christianity: Religious-Historical and Theological Perspectives. Evangelical Publishing House 2005.
Western forms of Hinduism in Germany. An overview. (New Hallesche reports; 6). Hall 2006. doi: 10.11588 / xabooks.377.537 .
With Jörg Haustein: Migration and Identity: Pentecostal-charismatic migration communities in Germany. Lembeck 2006.
With Heiko Frese and Ulrike Schröder: Ritual, Caste, and Colonial Discourse in South India. (New Hallesche reports). Wiesbaden Harrassowitz 2010.
With Allan Anderson, Andrée Droogers, Cornelis van der Laan: Studying Global Pentecostalism. Theories and Methods. Berkeley University of California Press 2010.

personal data
SURNAME	Bergunder, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German religious scholar and intercultural theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	1966
PLACE OF BIRTH	Halle (Saale)