Margrethe Løøv

Associate Professor in Religious Studies Theology, Religion and Philosophy

NLA University College Staffeldtsgate

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Research and publications: Update publications Løøv, Margrethe. 2024. The New Age Movement. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press   Løøv, Margrethe. 2023. “Interpreting the Radicalisation of Youth: A Comparative Analysis of Converts to New Religious Movements and Radical Islamism” in Akil Awan & James R. Lewis (eds.) Radicalisation: A Global and Comparative Perspective, London: Hurst   Løøv, Margrethe and James R. Lewis. 2020. “New Age” in Chris Rojek (ed.) Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, second edition. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell.   Løøv, Margrethe. 2019. "Networking Spirituality: A Study of VisionWorks and the Norwegian Alternative Movement". PhD dissertation, University of Bergen.    Løøv, Margrethe. 2019. “Between Religion and Science: Shifting Perceptions of Knowledge in Acem and the Transcendental Meditation Movement”, Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review, vol. 10 (1), 2019, pp. 25-47.   Lewis, James R., Margrethe Løøv and Bernard Doherty. 2017. “Same Trajectory, Different Prospects: Anglophone Census Data and the Future of the Irreligious and the ‘Nones’”, Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review, vol. 8 (1), 2017, pp. 123-149. Available from: <a style="color: purple;" href="https://www.pdcnet.org/asrr/content/asrr_2017_0008_0001_0123_0149">https://www.pdcnet.org/asrr/content/asrr_2017_0008_0001_0123_0149</a>   Løøv, Margrethe. 2017. “Povel Resen og tidlig norsk misjon blant samene”, Norwegian Journal of Missiology, vol. 71 (1), pp. 46-58. [ENG: Povel Resen and the early Norwegian Mission among the Samis]. Available from: <a style="color: purple;" href="http://egede.no/tidsskrift">http://egede.no/tidsskrift</a>   Løøv, Margrethe. 2017. “From ‘Network’ to ‘Visions’: The Role of the Umbrella Organization VisionWorks in the Norwegian Alternative Movement” in Ingvild Sælid Gilhus, Siv Ellen Kraft and James R. Lewis (eds.) New Age in Norway, Sheffield: Equinox, pp. 45-63.   Løøv, Margrethe. 2016. “Quantitative Approaches to New Religions” in James R. Lewis and Inga B. Tøllefsen (eds.) Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements II, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 72-83.    Løøv, Margrethe. 2016. “Shoppers in the Spiritual Supermarket: A Quantitative Study of Visitors at Scandinavia’s Largest Alternative Fair”, Journal of Contemporary Religion, vol. 31 (1) pp. 67-84.   Løøv, Margrethe. 2015. “Acem: Disenchanted Meditation” in James R. Lewis (ed.) Nordic New Religions, Leiden: Brill, pp. 255-268.   Løøv, Margrethe and Knut Melvær 2014. “Spirituell, religiøs eller åndelig? Om selvbetegnelser i det norske alternativmiljøet” in Dīn – tidsskrift for religion og kultur, vol. 16 (1-2), pp. 113-133. ENG: [Spiritual or Religious? Self-Designations in the Norwegian Alternative Milieu]   Løøv, Margrethe. 2012. “Acems avfortrylling: Fra nyreligiøs motkultur til sekulær selvutviklingsteknikk”, Chaos vol. 58, pp. 9-34. [ENG: The Disenchantment of Acem: From Spiritual Subculture to Secular Science]

Education: Update education PhD from the University of Bergen (2019) MA from the University of Oslo (2010)

Teaching: Update teaching KRLE 1, KRLE 2, KRLE 3 MA in Religious Education Online courses in religious studies (NKRLE 801, 802, 806)

Dissemination: Update dissemination Encyclopedia entries in <a href="https://brukere.snl.no/53797">Store norske leksikon</a> Editor of <a href="https://journals.uis.no/index.php/AURA/about">Aura</a>

Projects: Update projects Book project:  Networking Spirituality: A Sociology of the New Age Movement