Stepping Back and Looking Ahead: Twelve Years of Studying Religious Contact at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg Bochum Twelve Years of Studying Religious Contact at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg Bochum

Maren Freudenberg, Dr. phil. (2016), Freie Universität zu Berlin, is senior lecturer at the Center for Religious Studies, Ruhr University Bochum. Her research focuses on religion and economy, religion in modernity, global Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity and American religion.
Frederik Elwert, Dr. phil. (2014), Ruhr University Bochum, is Professor at the Center for Religious Studies at that university. His research focus is on religion and migration, Evangelicalism, and digital humanities.
Tim Karis, Dr. phil. (2013), University of Münster, is Managing Director, Science & Research, at the Center for Religious Studies at Ruhr University Bochum. His research focus is on religion and media, and discourse theory.
Martin Radermacher, Dr. phil. (2014), University of Münster, is Managing Director, Finance & Administration, at the Center for Religious Studies, Ruhr University Bochum. His research focuses on Christian traditions in Europe and the United States, religion and sports, and religion and space/atmosphere.
Jens Schlamelcher, Ph.D, Ruhr University Bochum, is Dean of Students at the Center of Religious Studies at that university. His main focus is theoretical approaches in the study of religion. His research focuses on the sociology of contemporary Christianity, religion and the economy, and fundamentalism.