Michael Stausberg earned his Ph.D. in religious studies at the University of Bonn (1995). He worked at universities in Sweden (Uppsala), Germany (Heidelberg, Tübingen), and Switzerland (Bern) before joining the University of Bergen (Norway) in 2014. Stausberg lectured at the Collège de France (Paris) and the Getty Center (Los Angeles). He was a Fellow at the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies (Erfurt). Additionally, he chaired a group at the Center for Advanced Studies, Norwegian Academy of Sciences (Oslo), and was also a Visiting Fellow at Trinity College (Cambridge).

• Michael Stausberg: Preface 1: Michael Stausberg: Religion in Bombay/Mumbai: A scenario 2: Martin Fuchs: Beyond Diversity: Precarious Belonging and Religious Conjunctions - Dalits in Dharavi 3: Sumanya Anand Velamur: Does Violence Beget the Ghetto? Evidence from Ethnography in Mumbra 4: David J. Strohl: Encountering Religious Difference in the City: Some Reflections on the Participation of Ismaili Muslims in Islamic Revivalism 5: Patrick Eisenlohr: Twelver Shi'i Muslims' Right to the City: Public Performance, Media Practices, and Urban Atmospheres 6: Tanvi Patel-Banerjee: Middle-Class Muslims: Forms and Engagement with Islam 7: Raminder Kaur and Faisal Syed Mohammed: 'God is with the Patient People': Festival, Class and Interreligious Engagement 8: Gopika Solanki: Transgressive Spaces: Women's Organizations and Intentional Interventions in Politics of Inter-religious Marriage 9: Anna Charlotta Osterberg: Strategic Roadside Shrines in High-risk Zones: Baba for Peace 10: Michael Stausberg: Taxis as Public Micro-spaces of Religion: Practices, Symbols, and Communication 11: Claire C. Robison: Movement and Place-making: Multiple Crossings in the Lives of Mumbai's ISKCON Members 12: Heinz Werner Wessler: Towards the Apocalyptic: Myth, Metaphor, and the Dystopic in Contemporary Mumbai Literature 13: William Elison: A Hole in the Wall: Religion in the Poetry of Arun Kolatkar

Michael Stausberg earned his Ph.D. in religious studies at the University of Bonn (1995). He worked at universities in Sweden (Uppsala), Germany (Heidelberg, Tübingen), and Switzerland (Bern) before joining the University of Bergen (Norway) in 2014. Stausberg lectured at the Collège de France (Paris) and the Getty Center (Los Angeles). He was a Fellow at the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies (Erfurt). Additionally, he chaired a group at the Center for Advanced Studies, Norwegian Academy of Sciences (Oslo), and was also a Visiting Fellow at Trinity College (Cambridge).

• Michael Stausberg: Preface 1: Michael Stausberg: Religion in Bombay/Mumbai: A scenario 2: Martin Fuchs: Beyond Diversity: Precarious Belonging and Religious Conjunctions - Dalits in Dharavi 3: Sumanya Anand Velamur: Does Violence Beget the Ghetto? Evidence from Ethnography in Mumbra 4: David J. Strohl: Encountering Religious Difference in the City: Some Reflections on the Participation of Ismaili Muslims in Islamic Revivalism 5: Patrick Eisenlohr: Twelver Shi'i Muslims' Right to the City: Public Performance, Media Practices, and Urban Atmospheres 6: Tanvi Patel-Banerjee: Middle-Class Muslims: Forms and Engagement with Islam 7: Raminder Kaur and Faisal Syed Mohammed: 'God is with the Patient People': Festival, Class and Interreligious Engagement 8: Gopika Solanki: Transgressive Spaces: Women's Organizations and Intentional Interventions in Politics of Inter-religious Marriage 9: Anna Charlotta Osterberg: Strategic Roadside Shrines in High-risk Zones: Baba for Peace 10: Michael Stausberg: Taxis as Public Micro-spaces of Religion: Practices, Symbols, and Communication 11: Claire C. Robison: Movement and Place-making: Multiple Crossings in the Lives of Mumbai's ISKCON Members 12: Heinz Werner Wessler: Towards the Apocalyptic: Myth, Metaphor, and the Dystopic in Contemporary Mumbai Literature 13: William Elison: A Hole in the Wall: Religion in the Poetry of Arun Kolatkar

Michael Stausberg earned his Ph.D. in religious studies at the University of Bonn (1995). He worked at universities in Sweden (Uppsala), Germany (Heidelberg, Tübingen), and Switzerland (Bern) before joining the University of Bergen (Norway) in 2014. Stausberg lectured at the Collège de France (Paris) and the Getty Center (Los Angeles). He was a Fellow at the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies (Erfurt). Additionally, he chaired a group at the Center for Advanced Studies, Norwegian Academy of Sciences (Oslo), and was also a Visiting Fellow at Trinity College (Cambridge).

• Michael Stausberg: Preface 1: Michael Stausberg: Religion in Bombay/Mumbai: A scenario 2: Martin Fuchs: Beyond Diversity: Precarious Belonging and Religious Conjunctions - Dalits in Dharavi 3: Sumanya Anand Velamur: Does Violence Beget the Ghetto? Evidence from Ethnography in Mumbra 4: David J. Strohl: Encountering Religious Difference in the City: Some Reflections on the Participation of Ismaili Muslims in Islamic Revivalism 5: Patrick Eisenlohr: Twelver Shi'i Muslims' Right to the City: Public Performance, Media Practices, and Urban Atmospheres 6: Tanvi Patel-Banerjee: Middle-Class Muslims: Forms and Engagement with Islam 7: Raminder Kaur and Faisal Syed Mohammed: 'God is with the Patient People': Festival, Class and Interreligious Engagement 8: Gopika Solanki: Transgressive Spaces: Women's Organizations and Intentional Interventions in Politics of Inter-religious Marriage 9: Anna Charlotta Osterberg: Strategic Roadside Shrines in High-risk Zones: Baba for Peace 10: Michael Stausberg: Taxis as Public Micro-spaces of Religion: Practices, Symbols, and Communication 11: Claire C. Robison: Movement and Place-making: Multiple Crossings in the Lives of Mumbai's ISKCON Members 12: Heinz Werner Wessler: Towards the Apocalyptic: Myth, Metaphor, and the Dystopic in Contemporary Mumbai Literature 13: William Elison: A Hole in the Wall: Religion in the Poetry of Arun Kolatkar