James R. Lewis
Associate Professor
of Religious Studies at the University of Tromsø
Email:
james.lewis@uit.no
Areas of
specialization
I am a specialist
in the field of new religious movements, with a background in both South Asian
religions and American religions. I have interests in the New Age, Paganism,
South Asian religious movements, conversion/apostasy and violence &
religion. Though trained as an historian of religion, my dominant approach to
religious phenomena is sociological. I have been teaching in Norway since 2010.
I also taught in the University of Wisconsin system for ten years. I currently
edit two scholarly journals and co-edit three academic book series.
