10 Facts About Margit Warburg

Margit Warburg was born on 15 February 1952 and is a Danish sociologist of religion.

Margit Warburg was an associate professor at the same university from 1979 to 2004.

Margit Warburg received the University of Copenhagen's 1976 gold medal for answering an economic problem in Christian studies.

Margit Warburg received her Magister degree in sociology of religion from the University of Copenhagen in 1979, and her Dr Phil.

Margit Warburg became professor of Sociology of Religion in the university's Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies in 2004.

Margit Warburg helped create the University of Copenhagen's inter-faculty research project "Religion in the 21st Century", co-chaired its steering group, and has headed the Department of Religious History.

Margit Warburg has authored, co-authored, and edited books and articles dealing with the study and sociology of religion.

One focus of Margit Warburg's research is the effect on Danish society and identity of increasing religious diversity.

Margit Warburg has written about civil religion, and presented about mixed marriages as a part of the "Religion Report" show on Danmarks Radio Program 1.

Margit Warburg is a member of the Advisory Committee on Religious Denominations which reports to Denmark's Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs, and she has co-chaired the Research Network on New Religions.