People

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Werner Binder, Research Assistant and Junior Lecturer, Department of History and Sociology, University of Constance, Germany.

Tom F. Driver, The Paul Tillich Professor of Theology and Culture Emeritus, Union Theological Seminary, New York, USA.

Ronald Grimes, Professor of Ritual Studies, Faculty of Religious Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Ute Huesken, Professor of Sanskrit, Department for Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, Norway.

Robert Langer, Postdoctoral Researcher and Academic Associate (Department for Languages and Cultures of the Near East, Islamic Studies/Ottoman Studies), Board Member of the Collaborative Research Center 619, Dynamics of Ritual, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Karin Polit, anthropologist and member of “Dynamics of Ritual” Collaborative  Research Center, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Kerstin Radde-Antweiler teaches religious studies at the Institute of Religious Studies, University of Bremen, Germany.

Marianne Riphagen, Ph. D. candidate, Department of Anthropology and Development Sociology, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Donna Seamone, Assistant Professor of Comparative Religion, Department of History and Classics, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Udo Simon, postdoctoral researcher, “Dynamics of Ritual” Collaborative  Research Center, and “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” Cluster of Excellence, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Jan A.M. Snoek. Extraordinary Professor of Religious Studies, Institute for the Study of Religions, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Barry Stephenson, independent scholar, Canada.

Eric Venbrux, Professor of Religious Studies, Centre for Thanatology, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Thomas Widlok, Professor of Anthropology, Social Science Faculty, Radboud University Nijmegen and University of Cologne, Germany.

Gerard Wiegers, Professor of Religious Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.