Kocku von Stuckrad is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is particularly interested in method and theory in the study of religion, as well as in the dynamics of European history of religion from antiquity to the present. Within these fields of research, he has published extensively on esoteric discourses in Western culture, astrology, shamanism, and on topics related to religion, nature, and science. His monographs include Das Ringen um die Astrologie: Jüdische und christliche Beiträge zum antiken Zeitverständnis (2000); Schamanismus und Esoterik: Kultur- und wissenschaftsgeschichtliche Betrachtungen (2003); Einführung in die Religionswissenschaft: Gegenstände und Begriffe (2003, with Hans G. Kippenberg); Western Esotericism: A Brief History of Secret Knowledge (2005); History of Astrology from Earliest Times to the Present (2009). In 2006 he edited The Brill Dictionary of Religion. He is co-editor of the Journal of Religion in Europe (Brill), the 'Religion and Society' series (Walter de Gruyter), the 'Numen Book Series' (Brill), and the 'Gnostica' series (Equinox). He has served as chair of the Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion Group of the American Academy of Religion. Currently he is president of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, as well as secretary of the Dutch Association for the Study of Religion.

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Astrolog Author(s): Kocku von Stuckrad Publisher(s): Herder Editorial Read more

Das Ringen um die Astrologie: J Author(s): Kocku von Stuckrad Publisher(s): Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter Read more

Einf Author(s): Hans G. Kippenberg & Kocku von Stuckrad Publisher(s): Munich: C.H. Beck Read more

Geschichte der Astrologie: Von den Anf Author(s): Kocku von Stuckrad Publisher(s): Munich: C.H. Beck Read more

Horoscopes and Public Spheres: Essays on the History of Astrology (Religion and Society, vol. 42) Editor(s): G Publisher(s): Walter de Gruyter Read more

Locations of Knowledge in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Esoteric Discourse and Western Identities Author(s): Kocku von Stuckrad Publisher(s): Leiden & Boston: Brill Read more

Polemical Encounters: Western Esotericism and Its Others Editor(s): Olav Hammer and Kocku von Stuckrad Publisher(s): Leiden: Brill Read more

Schamanismus und Esoterik: Kultur- und wissenschaftsgeschichtliche Betrachtungen (Gnostica, vol. 4) Author(s): Kocku von Stuckrad Publisher(s): Leuven: Peeters Read more

Storia dell'astrologia: Dalle origini ai nostri giorni. Translated by Elena Sciarra Author(s): Kocku von Stuckrad Publisher(s): Milano: Oscar Mondadori Read more

The Brill Dictionary of Religion. 4 vols. Editor(s): Kocku von Stuckrad Publisher(s): Leiden: Brill Read more

Was ist Esoterik? Kleine Geschichte des geheimen Wissens Author(s): Kocku von Stuckrad Publisher(s): Munich: C.H. Beck Read more

Western Esotericism: A Brief History of Secret Knowledge Author(s): Kocku von Stuckrad Publisher(s): London: Equinox Read more