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'''Olav Hammer''', (born 1958), is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] professor at the [[University of Southern Denmark]] in [[Odense]] working in the field of [[history of religion]]. He has written three books in [[Swedish language|Swedish]] and one monograph ''Claiming Knowledge: Strategies of Epistemology from Theosophy to the New Age'' (2001) in English. This volume which was also Hammer's [[doctoral dissertation]] investigates the rhetorical strategies of legitimization of a number of related new religious movements. He is also editor of several books, including ''Polemical Encounters'' (with Kocku von Stuckrad, Brill 2007), ''The Invention of Sacred Tradition'' (with [[James R. Lewis]], Cambridge UP 2007) and ''Alternative Christs'' (Cambridge UP 2009).
'''Olav Hammer''' (born 1958) is a [[Swedes|Swedish]] professor emeritus at the [[University of Southern Denmark]] in [[Odense]] working in the field of [[history of religion]].


==Career==
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In 2002 the title of [[årets folkbildare]] in Sweden was bestowed on Hammer (an honor which could best be translated as "Public educator of the year"), by the society [[Föreningen Vetenskap och Folkbildning]] ''"for his balanced and pedagogical books about the history of [[New religious movement|new religions]] and the causes behind people's beliefs in [[pseudoscience]]."''
Hammer has written four books in [[Swedish language|Swedish]] and one monograph, ''Claiming Knowledge: Strategies of Epistemology from Theosophy to the New Age'' (2001), and one co-authored book, ''Religious Innovation in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods'' (with [[Mikael Rothstein]], 2023) in English.<ref>[[LIBRIS]] record for [http://libris.kb.se/hitlist?q=Olav+Hammer&r=;pers:(Hammer+Olav+1958)&p=1&f=simp&g=&s=r&t=v&m=10&d=libris Olav Hammer]</ref> The monograph, which was also Hammer's [[doctoral dissertation]] in 2000 at [[Lund University]], investigates the rhetorical strategies of legitimization of a number of related new religious movements. Hammer is also editor of several books, including ''Polemical Encounters'' (with [[Kocku von Stuckrad]], Brill 2007), ''The Invention of Sacred Tradition'' (with [[James R. Lewis (scholar)|James R. Lewis]], Cambridge UP 2007), ''Alternative Christs'' (Cambridge UP 2009), ''Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements'' (with [[Mikael Rothstein]], Cambridge UP 2012), and ''Western Esotericism in Scandinavia'' (with [[Henrik Bogdan]], Brill 2016). He was from 2009 to 2016 one of two executive editors of the journal ''[[Numen (journal)|Numen]]''.<ref name=Numen>{{cite web|title=Numen: International Review for the History of Religions|url=http://www.brill.com/numen|publisher=[[Brill Publishers]]|access-date=September 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916234657/http://www.brill.com/numen|archive-date=September 16, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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In 2002 the title of {{Interlanguage link multi|årets folkbildare|sv}} in Sweden was bestowed on Hammer (an honor which could best be translated as "Public educator of the year"), by the society [[Föreningen Vetenskap och Folkbildning]] "for his balanced and pedagogical books about the history of [[New religious movement|new religions]] and the causes behind people's beliefs in [[pseudoscience]]."


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
* [[Årets folkbildare]] 2002
* {{Interlanguage link multi|årets folkbildare|sv}} 2002

== References ==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.olavhammer.com/ Official website]
*[http://www.ifpr.sdu.dk/index.php?id=744 University info page on Olav Hammer] {{da icon}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070610150742/http://www.ifpr.sdu.dk/index.php?id=744 University profile webpage (archived)] {{in lang|da}}
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*[http://www.olavhammer.com Olav Hammer's homepage]



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Olav Hammer (born 1958) is a Swedish professor emeritus at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense working in the field of history of religion.

Career

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Hammer has written four books in Swedish and one monograph, Claiming Knowledge: Strategies of Epistemology from Theosophy to the New Age (2001), and one co-authored book, Religious Innovation in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods (with Mikael Rothstein, 2023) in English.[1] The monograph, which was also Hammer's doctoral dissertation in 2000 at Lund University, investigates the rhetorical strategies of legitimization of a number of related new religious movements. Hammer is also editor of several books, including Polemical Encounters (with Kocku von Stuckrad, Brill 2007), The Invention of Sacred Tradition (with James R. Lewis, Cambridge UP 2007), Alternative Christs (Cambridge UP 2009), Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements (with Mikael Rothstein, Cambridge UP 2012), and Western Esotericism in Scandinavia (with Henrik Bogdan, Brill 2016). He was from 2009 to 2016 one of two executive editors of the journal Numen.[2]

In 2002 the title of årets folkbildare [sv] in Sweden was bestowed on Hammer (an honor which could best be translated as "Public educator of the year"), by the society Föreningen Vetenskap och Folkbildning "for his balanced and pedagogical books about the history of new religions and the causes behind people's beliefs in pseudoscience."

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ LIBRIS record for Olav Hammer
  2. ^ "Numen: International Review for the History of Religions". Brill Publishers. Archived from the original on September 16, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
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