Holy Nations and Global Identities

Annika Hvithamar, Ph. D in Sociology of Religion is associate professor at the University of Southern Denmark. She has published in the area of contemporary Christianity including Recent Releases (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2008), co-edited with Geert Hallbäck.Margit Warburg, Dr. Phil in Sociology of Religion and Professor at the University of Copenhagen. She has published extensively in the area of civil religion, migration and religion, globalisation, and new religions. Her publications include Citizens of the World. A History and Sociology of the Baha’is from a Globalisation Perspective (Brill, 2006).Brian Arly Jacobsen, Ph. D in Sociology of Religion is research assistant at the University of Copenhagen. His area of research is mainly in the area of religion and politics and religious minority groups in Denmark. His publications include Tørre tal om troen. Religionsdemografi i det 21. århundrede [Dry numbers on faith. Demography of Religion in the 21st Century] (Univers, 2007), co-edited with Margit Warburg.

• Contributors include: Anthony D. Smith, Marcela Cristi, Eileen Barker, Ulf Hedetoft, Atsuko Ichijo, Roger O'Toole, Sergej Flere, Pål Ketil Botvar, Niels Reeh and Pål Ketil Botvar