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Maren Freudenberg is a Senior Lecturer at Ruhr University Bochum's Religious Studies Unit and Co-Editor of Entangled Religions. She coordinates the Erasmus+ Religious Studies Unit and leads projects on charisma, religious economy, and global Pentecostalism.
- Academic Councillor (Privatdozentin) at Centrum für Religionswissenschaftliche Studien (CERES)
- Former Visiting Professor in Religious Studies at Ruhr University Bochum
- Researcher on religion-modernity intersections, US Christianity, and qualitative methodologies
Her research explores religion-economy intersections, prosperity gospel dynamics, and charismatic Christianity's global expansion. She specializes in qualitative methods like grounded theory, discourse analysis, and fieldwork in US and European contexts.
Recent publications examine social forms in neo-Pentecostal contexts, religious authority in megachurches, and politicization of US Christian movements. She teaches courses on religion-modernity, American religious politics, and qualitative research.