René Gründer

René Gründer
René Gründer
Born	1975; Zittau, East Germany
Nationality	German
	Scientific career
Institutions	Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Heidenheim

René Gründer (born 1975) is a German sociologist.

Career

René Gründer was born in 1975 in Zittau.[1] He completed his doctorate at the University of Freiburg in 2010. Since 2013 he is professor of social work at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Heidenheim.[2]

He has written about new religious movements, especially Germanic neopaganism in Germany. His approach has been to focus on the perspectives of the individual practitioners and how they combine their worldview with the modernity they live in.[3]

Selected publications

Germanisches (Neu-)Heidentum in Deutschland. Entstehung, Struktur und Symbolsystem eines alternativreligiösen Feldes, Berlin 2008
Der andere Glaube. Europäische Alternativreligionen zwischen heidnischer Spiritualität und christlicher Leitkultur, editor, with Michael Schetsche and Ina Schmied-Knittel, Würzburg 2009
Blótgemeinschaften. Eine Religionsethnografie des 'germanischen Neuheidentums', Würzburg 2010

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gollark: OH BEEOH BEE<@258769251547086849> WHY?!?!!

gollark: Essentially. We have mathematical thaumaturges working on the problem.

gollark: floor(tau) is not permissible.

gollark: Greetings.

References

"Buchbeschreibung: René Gründer : Germanisches (Neu-)Heidentum in Deutschland. Entstehung, Struktur und Symbolsystem eines alternativreligiösen Feldes" (in German). Logos Verlag. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
"DHBW Heidenheim: Prof. Dr. René Gründer" (in German). Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Heidenheim. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
Schnurbein, Stefanie von (2016). Norse Revival: Transformations of Germanic Neopaganism. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-90-04-30951-7.

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[1] "Buchbeschreibung: René Gründer : Germanisches (Neu-)Heidentum in Deutschland. Entstehung, Struktur und Symbolsystem eines alternativreligiösen Feldes" (in German). Logos Verlag. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

[2] "DHBW Heidenheim: Prof. Dr. René Gründer" (in German). Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Heidenheim. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

[3] Schnurbein, Stefanie von (2016). Norse Revival: Transformations of Germanic Neopaganism. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-90-04-30951-7.