Laura Feldt
Position
Professor
Affiliation
Research groups
Research
Thematically, I focus on wilderness mythologies, the environmental humanities and the role of religion and myth; radical religion and extremism, especially the role of emotions and narratives; the aesthetics of religion and the role of material media and emotionality; the formative power of religious narratives in general; the fantastic and fantasy; monsters and the monstrous in the history of religions.
Empirically, I have expertise in religion in contemporary popular culture and media, especially fantasy literature and film/tv adaptations (Harry Potter and more); religion in ancient Mesopotamia, the Hebrew Bible and ancient forms of Judaism, ancient forms of Christianity.
I have philological competence in Sumerian, Akkadian, Hebrew, koine Greek and Latin and work on the sources in the original languages.
Teaching
I have broad teaching experience in the Study of Religion, both in terms of focused courses on specific religions within my expertise, but also a wide range of thematic courses. I enjoy teaching and supervising students. I currently supervise four PhD-students: Milad Bahadori, Bouchra Mossmann, Chris Madsen Stie, and Tamara Holkenov.
Publications
My monograph with Cambridge University Press was published in April 2025:
Ancient Mythologies of the Wilderness - Narrative, Nature, and Religious Identity Formation from the Babylonians to the Late Antique Christians.
A chronological list of my publications
2025
Ancient Mythologies of the Wilderness. Narrative, Nature, and Religious Identity Formation from the Babylonians to the Late Antique Christians. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
鈥淩eligion as Anthropotechnics: On Peter Sloterdijk, You Must Change Your Life (2009)鈥. Feldt, L., 2025, in: 21st Century Theories of Religion. Stausberg, M. (ed.). London: Routledge, s. 157-170.
鈥淭he Fantastic鈥, Feldt, L., 2025, in: Ancient Religions in Context: An Encyclopedia. Bremmer, J. N., Petridou, G. & R眉pke, J. (eds.). Verlag J. B. Metzler, 13 s.
鈥淲ilderness鈥, Feldt, L., 2025, in: Ancient Religions in Context: An Encyclopedia. Bremmer, J. N., Petridou, G. & R眉pke, J. (eds.). Verlag J. B. Metzler, 13 s.
鈥淭he Role of Narratives and Emotions in Extreme Beliefs and Behaviour.鈥 Feldt, L., 2025, (In press) in: Explaining Extreme Beliefs and Behaviour. Dawson, L. & Peels, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, (Extreme Beliefs and Behaviour Series 3).
2024
Metoder i religionshistoriske analyser - eksempler for studerende. Feldt, L. (Redakt酶r), Raudvere, C. (Redakt酶r) & Borup, J. (Redakt酶r), 2024, Forlaget Univers. 270 s.
芦Narrative og f酶lelsesteoretiske analysestrategier: Den mesopotamiske myte Ninurtas Bedrifter禄, in: Feldt, L., 2024, Metoder i religionshistoriske analyser - eksempler for studerende. Feldt, L., Borup, J. & Raudvere, C. (red.). Forlaget Univers, s. 91-108.
芦Religions忙stetisk analyse af marionetdukker i hopi-indianske ritualer: Metodiske greb til analysen af materielle medier禄, Geertz, A. W. & Feldt, L., 2024, Metoder i religionshistoriske analyser - eksempler for studerende. Feldt, L., Raudvere, C. & Borup, J. (red.). Forlaget Univers, s. 127-146.
2023
Review: Alexander J.B. Hampton and Douglas Hedley (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Christianity and the Environment (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), vii-xii + 346 pp. Feldt, L., jan. 2023, in: Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture.
Guest-edited thematic issue: Total Devotion - Passions and Plots in Radical Religion in the Ancient World. Feldt, L. (Redakt酶r) with Jan N. Bremmer, 2023, Taylor & Francis. Religion 1, 53/1.
芦Havets vilde v忙sener 鈥 om det monstr酶se og milj酶humaniora fra oldtidens Mesopotamien til samtidens popul忙rkultur禄. Feldt, L., 2023, in: Havets mysterier: Myter, virkelighed og videnskab. Th酶stesen, C. B., Rathjen, K. & Eriksen, J. K. (red.). Esbjerg: Fiskeri- og S酶fartsmuseet, s. 313-321.
Review: READING - SILENT OR ALOUD? Jan Heilmann: Lesen in Antike und fr眉hen Christentum. Kulturgeschichtliche, philologische sowie kognitionswissenschaftliche Perspektiven. Tanz: Texte und Arbeiten zum neutestamentlichen Zeitalter. Francke Verlag, 2021 (707 pp.) Feldt, L., okt. 2023, In: The Classical Review 73, 2, s. 688-690
鈥淭otal Devotion in the Ancient World: Emotions and Narrative in Radical Religion鈥. Feldt, L., jan. 2023, I: Religion. 53/1, s. 1-23.
鈥淭raining for Total Devotion: Emotionality and Narrativity in Deuteronomy鈥. Feldt, L., jan. 2023, I: Religion. 53/1, s. 43-67.
2022
Struktur : Begejstring. Baunvig, K. F. (Redakt酶r), Christiansen, J. L. (Redakt酶r) & Feldt, L. (Redakt酶r), 2022, Aarhus: Afdeling for Religionsvidenskab, Institut for Kultur og Samfund, Aarhus Universitet. Religionsvidenskabelig Skriftr忙kke; Nr. 1.
芦Vildm忙nd fra Gilgame拧 til Galliens skovhelte禄. Feldt, L., 2022, in: Struktur : Begejstring. Feldt, L., Katrine, B. & Christiansen, J. L. (red.). Aarhus: Afdeling for Religionsvidenskab, Institut for Kultur og Samfund, Aarhus Universitet, Bind 1. s. 9-16. Religionsvidenskabelig Skriftr忙kke, Bind 1,
2021
鈥淒estruction, Death, and Drama: Narratives of Religiocide in the Hebrew Bible鈥. Feldt, L., 2021, I: NVMEN 鈥 International Review of the History of Religions 68/ 2-3, s. 132-156.
鈥淢onstr酶se sten og monstr酶s mytologi: Fort忙lling og medieform i den oldbabylonske sumeriske fort忙lling Lugale禄, Feldt, L., 2021, I: Chaos 73/1, s. 167-191.
鈥淪aints in the Wild - Introduction to the Special Issue: Wilderness, Landscape, and Religious Transformations in Late Antique Christian Hagiography and Ascetic Literature鈥. Feldt, L., nov. 2021, I: Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 97, 3, s. 375-384.
鈥淲ilderness Mythology in the West: The Life of the Jura Fathers鈥. Feldt, L., nov. 2021, I: Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 97, 3, s. 427-447.
2020
鈥淔antastic Stories, Emotions and Ancient Religions: Open Questions and Ideas in Conversation with the Building Block and Worldviews Approach鈥. Feldt, L., 15. feb. 2020, Building Blocks of Religion: Critical Applications and Future Prospects. Larsson, G., Svensson, J. & Nordin, A. (red.). London: Equinox Publishing, s. 39-54.
鈥淔eeling Narrative Cultures: Analyzing Emotions in Religious Narratives with Examples from Old-Babylonian Ninurta Myths.鈥 Feldt, L., jan. 2020, Narrative Cultures and the Aesthetics of Religion. Johannsen, D., Kirsch, A. & Kreinath, J. (red.). Brill, s. 125-154 (Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, Bind 14).
鈥淔ictioning Myths and Mythic Fictions: the Standard-Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic and Questions of Heroism, Myth and Fiction.鈥 Feldt, L., jul. 2020, Explaining, Interpreting and Theorizing about Religion and Myth. Roubekas, N. P. & Ryba, T. (red.). Brill, s. 282-298 (Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. Supplements, Bind 16).
鈥淩eligion, fantasyfilm og fantastiske v忙sener: Mediering af religion i Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.鈥 Feldt, L., 25. maj 2020, I: Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift. 70/1, s. 1-25.
鈥淩eligion og medier i et religionsvidenskabeligt perspektiv禄. Geertz, A. W. & Feldt, L., 18. maj 2020, I: Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift 70, s. 6-37.
鈥淭otal Devotion: Dismantling religious practices and training devotion in 2 Kings 22-23.鈥 Feldt, L., maj 2020, I: Journal for the Study of Judaism 51, 3, s. 309-338.
2019
, 6. Jun 2019, , in Historical Consciousness and the Use of the Past in the Ancient World. Baines, J., van der Blom, H., Chen, Y. S. & Rood, T. (eds.). London: , p. 211-213
, 29. Mar 2019, , in Marginality, Media, and Mutations of Religious Authority in the History of Christianity. Feldt, L. & Bremmer, J. N. (eds.). Leuven: , p. 1-22 (Studies in the History and Anthropology of Religion, Vol. 6).
, 29. Mar 2019, , in Marginality, Media, and Mutations of Religious Authority in the History of Christianity. Feldt, L. & Bremmer, J. N. (eds.). Leuven: , p. 69-96 (Studies in the History and Anthropolgy of Religion, Vol. 6).
(Editor) & Bremmer, J. N. (Editor), 29. Mar 2019, . Leuven: . (Studies in the History and Anthropolgy of Religion, Vol. 6).
& Borup, J., 27. May 2019, . In: sektion 2, p. 6.
, 6. Jun 2019, , in Historical Consciousness and the Use of the Past in the Ancient World. Baines, J., van der Blom, H., Chen, Y. S. & Rood, T. (eds.). London: , p. 239-254.
2018
, 2018, , In: 8 (2012), 3, p. 193-219.
, 12. Nov 2018, , in Reframing Authority: The Role of Media and Materiality. Feldt, L. & H酶gel, C. (eds.). London: , p. 17-44 (Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts, Vol. 3).
, 10. Sept 2018, , in The Gospels and Their Stories in Anthropological Perspective. Verheyden, J. & Kloppenborg, J. S. (eds.). T眉bingen: , p. 29-52 (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, Vol. 409).
, 8. Nov 2018, , The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Ritual. Uro, R., Day, J. J., Demaris, R. E. & Roitto, R. (eds.). New York: , p. 302-318.
, 2018, , in Studies of Imagery in Early Mediterranean and East Asian Poetry. Eksell, K. & Lindberg-Wada, G. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: , p. 47-76 (Literary and Cultural Theory, Vol. 54).
& H酶gel, C., 12. Nov 2018, , in Reframing Authority: The Role of Media and Materiality. Feldt, L. & H酶gel, C. (eds.). Sheffield: , p. 1-16 (Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts, Vol. 3).
(Editor) & H酶gel, C. (Editor), 12. Nov 2018, . Sheffield: . (Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts, Vol. 3).
, 2018, . In: 8 (2012), 3 , p. 185-192
, 2018, , in Venus, Lucie og Margrethe: Kvindehistorier i kultur, religion og politik. Fossat, S. B. & Martinsen, L. K. (eds.). Odense: , p. 132-153 (University of Southern Denmark Studies in History and Social Sciences, Vol. 571).
2017
, 2017, Review: Anne Stensvold, . In: 64, 5-6, p. 633-636.
, 2017, , in Narrative and Belief: The Religious Affordance of Supernatural Fiction. Davidsen, M. A. (ed.). London: , p. 62-86.
, 2017, Review: . In: 24, 1-2, p. 215-219.
, 2017, , in Aesthetics of Religion: A Connective Concept. Grieser, A. & Johnston, J. (eds.). Berlin: , p. 121-144 (Religion and Reason, Vol. 58).
2016
, 2016, , In: 46, 4, p. 550-574.
Borup, J. & , 10. Apr 2016, . In: p. 2:5
, 20. May 2016, , In:
, Jan 2016, , In: 31, 1, p. 101-114.
, 2016, , in Contemporary Views on Comparative Religion: In Celebration of Tim Jensen鈥檚 65th Birthday. Antes, P., Geertz, A. W. & Rothstein, M. (eds.). London: , p. 85-97.
, 2016, , In: 63, 4, p. 347-382.
2015
, 4. Nov 2015, , In: 16, 1, p. 163-192.
, 2015, , in The Materiality of Magic. Bremmer, J. N. & Boschung, D. (eds.). Paderborn: , p. 59-95.
, Nov 2015, , in Vocabulary for the Study of Religion. Segal, R. A. & von Stuckrad, K. (eds.). Leiden: , p. 1-6.
2014
, 27. Jul 2014, , In: 28, 2, p. 185-211.
, 2014, , In: 59, 1, p. 213-215.
, 2014, , in Credible - Incredible. The Miraculous in the Ancient Mediterranean. Nicklas, T. & Spittler, J. (eds.). T眉bingen: , p. 322-352 (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament; No. 321).
2013
, 2013, Review: . In: 59, 1.
, Nov 2013, , In: 42, 4, p. 22-29.
, 2013, Review: , In: 54, p. 193-196.
, 2013, , in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online. Allison, D. C., Spickermann, H., Helmer, C., Seow, C.-L., Walfish, B. D. & Ziolkowski, E. (eds.). New York - Berlin: .
, 2013,, , in Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception Online. Allison, D. C., Spickermann, H., Helmer, C., Seow, C.-L., Walfish, B. D. & Ziolkowski, E. (eds.). .
, 2013, in Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception Online. Allison, C., Spickermann, H., Seow, C.-L., Helmer, C., Walfish, B. D. & Ziolkowski, E. (eds.). New York - Berlin: .
2012
, 2012, , In: p. 49-66.
, 2012, , in Den sammenklappelige tid: festskrift til J酶rgen Podemann S酶rensen. Rothstein, M. & Jensen, T. (eds.). K酶benhavn, p. 185-193.
, 2012, , In: 56, 2, p. 45-63.
, 2012, . London: . 293 p. (BibleWorld Series).
, 2012, , in Wilderness in Mythology and Religion - approaching religious spatialities, cosmologies and ideas of wild nature. Feldt, L. (ed.). Berlin, p. 55-94.
, 2012, , in Wilderness in Mythology and Religion - approaching religious spatialities, cosmologies and ideas of wild nature. Berlin, p. 1-24.
(Editor), 2012, . Berlin / New York: . (Religion and Society, Vol. 55).
2011
& Koch, U., 2011, , Akkade is King! Festschrift for Aa.C. Westenholz. Dahl, J., Sommerfeld, W., Koch, U., Westenholz, J. & Barjamovic, G. (eds.). Leiden: , (PIHANS, Vol. 118).
(Editor) & N酶jgaard, R. (Editor), . Apr 2011, 63 p.
, 2011, , in Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture: Image and Word in the Mind of Narrative. Geertz, A. W. & Jensen, J. S. (eds.). London, p. 191-208.
& N酶jgaard, R., 2011, . In: 1, p. 3-5.
, 15. Dec 2011, . In: 202, p. 2-9.
, 2. Apr 2011, . In: 1, p. 6-13.
, 2011, . In Narratives of Egypt and the Ancient Near East: Literary and Linguistic Approaches. Hagen, F., Worthington, M. & Piquette, K. (eds.). Leuven: , p. 123-164 (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, Vol. 189).
, 2011, . In: 2011, 1, p. 63.
, 2011, . In: 41, 2, p. 251-283.
2010
, 2010, . In: 2, p. 4-5.
, 2010, , in Your Praise Is Sweet - A Memorial Volume for Jeremy Black from Students, Colleagues and Friends. Robson, E., Heather D., B. & Z贸lyomi, G. (eds.). London, p. 69-92.
, 2010, . In: 2, p. 9-13.
, 2010, , In: 1.
, 2010, . In: 2, p. 89-96.
& Holst, S., 2010, . In: 1.
(Editor) & Holst, S. (Editor), 2010. . Frederiksberg C. 84 p.
(Editor) & Holst, S. (Editor), 2010
2009
, 2009, . In Receptions and Transformations of the Bible in Literature. Nielsen, K. (ed.). Aarhus: , p. 48-64
, 2009, . 335 p.
2007
, 26. Nov 2007, In:
, 2007, 脜rsskrift 2007. . , p. 40-46 (脜rsskrift - Aarhus Universitet, Det Teologiske Fakultet).
, 2007, . In: 4, p. 150-155
, 2007, . In Reading Literary Sumerian - corpus-based approaches. London: , p. 184-214.
2006
, 2006, . Literature and Memory - Theoretical Paradigms, Genres, Functions. N眉nning, A. & Sommer, R. (eds.). T眉bingen: , p. 95-111.
& Kerstin, E., 2006, . Readings in Eastern Mediterranean Literatures. Eksell, K. & Feldt, L. (eds.). , p. 9-18.
, 6. Jan 2006, . In:
(Editor) & Eksell, K. (Editor), 2006, .&苍产蝉辫;奥眉谤锄产耻谤驳:&苍产蝉辫;. 251 p. (Arbeitsmaterialien zum Orient, Vol. 18).
, 2006, . Readings in Eastern Mediterranean Literatures. Eksell, K. & Feldt, L. (eds.). W眉rzburg: , p. 83-127.
, 2006, . Fremde Wirklichkeiten: Literarische Phantastik und antike Literatur. H枚mke, N. & Baumbach, M. (eds.). Heidelberg: , p. 311-338
2005
, 2005, . An Experienced Scribe Who Neglects Nothing: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Jacob Klein. Artzi, P., Cohen, C., Eichler, B. L. & Hurowitz, V. A. (eds.). Maryland: , p. 116-126
2004
& Knudsen, M., 2004, . In: p. 49-56.
, 2004, . Assyria and Beyond: Studies presented to Mogens Trolle Larsen. Dercksen, J. G. (ed.). Leiden: , p. 40-45.
, 21. Feb 2004, . In:
2003
, 21. Oct 2003, , In:
, 13. Feb 2003, . In:
, 2003, . In: 42, p. 43-64
2002
, 25. May 2002, . In:
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, Jun 2002, Anmeldelse: In:
2001
, 2. Nov 2001, . In:
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