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Birgit Meyer is a trained cultural anthropologist with 30 years of experience researching religion, particularly in Ghana, through a material and postcolonial perspective. Her work focuses on the concrete ways that religion takes shape in the interplay between people and things, and she continues to be fascinated by how religion uses tangible forms to evoke a sense of reality and the perceived transcendent. Meyer’s scientific research on religion aligns with understanding the tensions and potential synergies of coexistence among various beliefs in today’s highly diverse societies. She emphasizes the concept of lived religion, particularly in secular contexts such as museums and entertainment. Her research areas include religion in Africa, the rise of global Pentecostal churches, religion and popular culture, religion in (post)colonial settings, religion and media, the public sphere, and religious visual culture, as well as the aesthetics of senses. As a chair professor of religious studies, Meyer strives for a synthesis of empirical research and theoretical reflection within a broad multidisciplinary framework.
Department of Psychology