Maren FreudenbergMaren Freudenberg, born in 1983, is a sociologist of religion at the Center for Religious Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. She obtained her PhD in sociology at Freie Universität Berlin, where she was a member of the Graduate School of NorthAmerican Studies. Her research focuses on contemporary religion in the United States, global charismatic Christianity, the connections between religion and the economy, and theoretical approaches in the sociology of religion. Read More Read Less