Laura Feldt
Stilling
Professor
罢颈濒丑酶谤颈驳丑别迟
Forskergrupper
Forskning
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.
Undervisning
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.
Publikasjoner
2025
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.
"Religion as a Social Kind? Reflections on Stanley Stowers鈥檚 New Realist Theory and the Study of Ancient Mediterranean Religion", with Michael Stausberg, Ingvild S. Gilhus, Alexander van der Haven and Christian Bull, in Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, Dec. 2025, 1-30.
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.
"From Myth to Religious Narrative: Mediality, Emotion, Experience", in Navigating the Study of Myth, Ritual, and Belief. Models from the Ancient Mediterranean to the Present Day; Essays in Honor of Sarah Iles Johnston, eds. Carman Romano and James Wolfe, NVMEN Book Series 181 (Leiden: Brill, 2025), p. 256-275.
鈥淭he Fantastic鈥, Feldt, L., fc 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., fc 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., fc 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
, 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
, 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).
, 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), 2019, . Leuven: . (Studies in the History and Anthropolgy of Religion, Vol. 6).
& Borup, J., 27. May 2019, . In: sektion 2, p. 6.
, 6. 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:
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, 2003, . In: 42, p. 43-64
2002
, 25. May 2002, . In:
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, Jun 2002, Anmeldelse: In:
2001
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Prosjekter
Current projects:
PI, ERC Consolidator Grant 2025-2030: Radical Habits of the Heart - Emotions, Embodiment and Strong Individual Commitment in Ancient Religions
PI, Danish Research Foundation of Independent Research, research project 2, 2021-2025: Total Devotion - Passions and Plots in Radical Religion in the Ancient World
Co-PI, SDU Climate Cluster Elite Centre: Centre for Understanding Human Relationships with the Environment