Prof. Dr. Jörg Rüpke

Permanent Fellow at Max Weber Centre and Professor of Comparative Religion · Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies · Collegium Maius - University of Erfurt Historic Faculty

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Prof. Dr. Jörg Rüpke is an internationally renowned scholar of ancient religion and member of the Academia Europaea, leading ERC Advanced Grants on the lived experience of religious rituals in urban antiquity.

Lived Ancient Religion Historical Sociology of Religious Rituals Urban Religious Pluralism Max Weber’s Sociology of Religion

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Institution: Collegium Maius - University of Erfurt Historic Faculty
Department / Faculty: Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies
Primary Field: Lived Ancient Religion
Campus Location: Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany

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