Publications

 

(2011) Paradoxes of Individualization: Social Control and Social Conflict in Contemporary Modernity. Aldershot: Ashgate (monograph: with Dick Houtman and Willem de Koster).

(2010) Religions of Modernity: Relocating the Sacred to the Self and the Digital. Leiden: Brill (edited with Dick Houtman).

(2010) Authenticiteit: De culturele obsessie met echt en onecht. Special issue Sociologie, 6 (2) (edited with Johan Roeland and Dick Houtman).

(2004 / 2005 / 2008, third edition) In de ban van moderniteit: De sacralisering van het zelf en computertechnologie. Amsterdam: Aksant / Spinhuis,187 pp. (dissertation).

(2006) De spelende mens. Special issue Sociologie, 2 (1), 112 pp.

(2004) 50 jaar Sociologische Gids (1953-2003): Een terugblik en een blik vooruit. Special issue Sociologische Gids, 51 (4), 249 pp. (edited with Dick Houtman and Erik Snel).

(2000) New Age. Een godsdiensthistorische en sociologische benadering. Kampen: Uitgeverij Kok – Kampen, 144 pp. (monograph: with Anneke Van Otterloo).

(2017) 'Studying Religious Meaning-Making in MMOs. Qualitative In-Depth Interviews.' In: Radde-

           Antweiler, K., Sisler, V. and X. Zeiler (eds), Games, Gods and Gamers: Methods for Studying

           Video Games and Religion. Routledge Publishers (with Julian Schaap, & Lars de Wildt,

           forthcoming).

(2017) 'The Naked Truth. Mindfulness and the Purification of Religion'. Contemporary Journal of

           Religion (with Courtois, Lisa. and Dick Houtman, forthcoming)

 (2017) ‘Rational Enchantments. Conspiracy Theory Between Secular Skepticism and Spiritual

           Salvation’, in: Asprem, E. Dyrendal, A. and D. Robertson (eds.), Brill Handbook of Conspiracy

           Theory and Religion. Leiden: Brill Publishers (with Jaron Harambam, forthcoming).

2017) Games of Social Control. A Sociological Study of 'Addiction' to Massively Multi-Player Online

            Role-Playing Games. Gamevironments 6, 138-161.

(2017) “’I am not a conspiracy theorist’: Relational Identifications in the Dutch Conspiracy Milieu.

           Cultural Sociology, 11(1), 113-129 (with Jaron Harambam).

(2016) ‘Gods in World of Warcraft exist’: Religious reflexivity and the quest for meaning in online

           computer games. New Media & Society. DOI: 10.1177/1461444816642421 (with J. Schaap).

(2016) Kemmers, R., Aupers, S., and J. van der Waal 2016. Becoming Politically Discontented: Anti

           Establishment Careers of Dutch Non-Voters and PVV Voters. Current Sociology, 64(5), 757-

           774 (with Kemmers, R. and J Van der Waal).

(2016) ‘Invisible Religion’, in: Robert Segal and Kocku Von Stuckrad (eds), Vocabulary for the

            Study of Religion. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 287-288.

(2015) ‘Contesting Epistemic Authority: Conspiracy Theories on the Boundaries of Science’. The

            Public Understanding of Science, 24(4), pp. 466-480 (with Jaron Harambam).

 (2015) ‘“Create Your Personal Saga”: The Spiritualization of Online Computer Games in

            Advertising’, in: Carlo Nardella (ed.), special Issue Sociologica on ‘religion and

            advertising', 8 (3).

  (2015) ‘Spiritual Play: Encountering the Sacred in World of Warcraft’, in: Valerie Frissen, Sybille

             Lammes, Michiel de Lange, Jos de Mul and Joost Raessens (eds.) Playful Identities: The

             Ludification of Digital media Cultures. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 75-92.

 (2015) ‘Beyond Belief: Playing With Pagan Spirituality in World of Warcraft’, in: Heidbrink, S. and T.

             Knoll (eds.), special issue Journal of Religion on the Internet on ‘Religion in Digital Games

             Reloaded’, 7, pp. 190-206 (with Julian Schaap).

(2015) 'State of disgrace: Popular Discontents about the Dutch State in the 1950's and

            2000's.'Parliamentary Affairs, 68(3), pp. 476-493 (with Roy Kemmers, Dick Houtman and

            Jeroen van der Waal).

 (2014) ‘“Christian-Muslim” couples in the Veneto region, Northeastern Italy: dealing with religious pluralism in everyday family life’. Social Compass, 62 (1), pp. 43-60 (with Cerchiaro, F. and D. Houtman).  

 (2014) ‘Advertising Real Beer: Authenticity Claims Beyond Truth and Falsity.’ European Journal of Cultural Studies,17 (5), pp. 585-601 (with Carly O’Neill and Dick Houtman). . 

 (2014) ‘Negotiating Gender through Fun and Play: Radical Femininity and Fantasy in the Red Head Society.’ Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (forthcoming; with Samira van Bohemen and Liesbet van Zoonen). 

  (2013) ‘“A World Awaits”: The Meaning of Mediatized Paganism in Online Computer Games’, in: Wim Hofstee and Arie van der Kooij (eds.), Religion Beyond Its Private Role in Modern Society. Leiden: Brill Publishers, pp. 225-244. 

  (2013) 'Beyond the Spiritual Supermarket: The Social and Public Significance of New Age Spirituality', in: Steven J. Sutcliffe and Ingvild Saelid Gilhus (eds.), New Age Spirituality: Rethinking Religion. Durham, Bristol: Acumen Publishers, pp. 174-196 (wwith Dick Houtman).

(2013) ‘The Contentious Gap: From Digital Divide to Cultural Beliefs about Online Interactions’, in: Information, Communication and Society, Vol. 16 (7), pp. 1093-1114 (with Jaron Harambam and Dick Houtman).

(2012) ‘“Trust no one”. Modernization, Paranoia and Conspiracy Culture’, in: European Journal of

            Communication, 26 (4), pp. 22-34.

(2012) ‘Beyond the Domestication of Nature? Restructuring the Relationship between Nature and Technology in Car Commercials’, in: European Journal of Cultural Studies, 15 (1), pp. 3-18 (with Dick Houtman, Peter Achterberg, Willem de Koster, Peter Mascini, Johan Roeland and Jeroen van der Waal).

(2012), ‘Trajectories to the New Age: The Spiritual Turn of the First Generation of Dutch New Age Teachers’, in: Social Compass, 59 (2), 239-256 (with Anneke van Otterloo and Dick Houtman).

(2012) ‘Enchantment Inc: Online Gaming between Spiritual Experience and Commodity Fetishism’, in: Dick Houtman and Birgit Meyer (eds.), Things: Religion and the Question of Materiality. New York: Fordham University Press, pp. 339-355.  

(2012) ‘“An Infinity of Experiences”: Hyper-Real Paganism and Real Enchantment in World of Warcraft’, in: Adam Possamai (ed.) Handbook on Hyper-Real Religions. Leiden: Brill Publishers, pp. 225-245.      

(2012) 'Invisible Religion', in: Robert Segal and Kocku Von Stuckrad (eds), Vocabulary for the Study of Religion. Leiden: Brill Publishers (accepted for publication).

(2012) ‘”Where the Zeroes Meet the Ones”: Exploring the Affinity between Magic and Computer Technology’, in: Paul Heelas (ed.), Spirituality in the Modern World (Volume One). London: Routledge, pp. 339-358.

(2012) ‘“We are all Gods”: New Age in the Netherlands 1960-2000’ in: Paul Heelas (ed.), Spirituality in the Modern World (Volume Three). London: Routledge, pp. 29-51.

(2012), ‘Religion, Spirituality and the Internet’, in: Dick Houtman and Birgit Meyer (eds), Things: Religion and the Question of Materiality, New York: Fordham University Press (forthcoming; with Ineke Noomen and Dick Houtman).

(2012), ‘Fantasy, Conspiracy and the Legacy of the Counterculture: Max Weber and the Spirit of Contemporary Popular Culture’, in: Adam Possamai (ed.), Handbook of Hyper-Real Religions. Leiden: Brill, pp. 401-422 (with Johan Roeland and Dick Houtman).

 (2012), ‘The Spiritual Turn and the Decline of Tradition: The Spread of Post-Christian Spirituality in 14 Western Countries, 1981-2000’, in: Paul Heelas (ed.), Spirituality in the Modern World (Volume One). London: Routledge, pp. 390-412 (with Dick Houtman).

(2012), ‘Christian Religiosity and New Age Spirituality: A Cross-Cultural Comparison’, in: Paul Heelas (ed.), Spirituality in the Modern World (Volume One). London: Routledge, pp. 425-437 (with Dick Houtman and Paul Heelas).

(2012), ‘Beyond the Spiritual Supermarket: The Social and Public Significance of New Age Spirituality’, in: Paul Heelas (ed.), Spirituality in the Modern World (Volume Three). London: Routledge, pp. 3-28 (with Dick Houtman).

(2011), ‘Game Over? Negotiating Modern Capitalism in Online Game Worlds’, in: European Journal of Cultural Studies, 14 (3), pp. 299-320 (with Jaron Harambam and Dick Houtman).

(2011), ‘A Cultural Globalization of Popular Music? American, Dutch, French, and German Popular Music Charts (1965 to 2005)’, in: American Behavioral Scientist, 55(5), pp. 589-608 (with Peter Achterberg, Dick Houtman and Johan Heilbron).

(2011) ‘In Their Own Image? Catholic, Protestant and Holistic Spiritual Appropriations of the Internet’, in: Information, Communication and Society, 14(8), pp. 1097-1117 (with Ineke Noomen and Dick Houtman).

(2011), ‘Christian Religion in the West: Privatization or Public Revitalization?’, in: Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion - Volume Two: Religion and Politics, pp. 119-134 (with Johan Roeland, Dick Houtman, Peter Achterberg, Willem de Koster, Peter Mascini and Jeroen van der Waal).

(2011) ‘Technopagans: Online Magic and the Mysterious Manifestation of Cyberspace’, in: Arie L. Molendijk, Paul Post en Justin Kroesen (eds.) Sacred Places in Modern Western Culture. Leuven: Peters Publishers, pp. 321-326.

(2010) ‘”Where the Zeroes Meet the Ones”: Exploring the Affinity between Magic and Computer Technology’, in: Stef Aupers and Dick Houtman (eds.), Religions of Modernity: Relocating the Sacred to the Self and the Digital. Leiden: Brill Publishers, pp. 219-238.

(2010), ‘Religions of Modernity: Relocating the Sacred to the Self and the Digital’, in: Stef Aupers and Dick Houtman (eds), Religions of Modernity: Relocating the Sacred to the Self and the Digital. Leiden: Brill, pp. 1-29 (with Dick Houtman).

(2010), ‘Beyond the Spiritual Supermarket: The Social and Public Significance of New Age Spirituality’, in: Stef Aupers and Dick Houtman (eds), Religions of Modernity: Relocating the Sacred to the Self and the Digital. Leiden: Brill, pp. 135-160 (with Dick Houtman).

(2010), ‘Chapter 18: New Age Ethics’, in: Mel Gray and Stephen Webb (eds), Ethics and Value Perspectives in Social Work. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 207-218 (with Dick Houtman).

(2010), ‘The Quest for Religious Purity in New Age, Evangelicalism and Islam: Religious Renditions of Dutch Youth and the Luckmann Legacy’, in: Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion, Volume 1: Youth and Religion, pp. 289-306 (with Dick Houtman, Martijn de Koning, Ineke Noomen and Johan Roeland).

(2009)  ‘“The Force is Great”: Enchantment and Magic in Silicon Valley, in: Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology, 3 (1), pp. 153-173.

(2009), ‘A Christian Cancellation of the Secularist Truce? Waning Christian Religiosity and Waxing Religious Deprivatization in the West’, in: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 48 (4), pp. 687-701 (with Peter Achterberg, Dick Houtman, Willem de Koster, Peter Mascini and Jeroen van der Waal).

(2009), ‘Christian Religiosity and New Age Spirituality: A Cross-Cultural Comparison’, in: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 48 (1), pp. 169-178 (with Dick Houtman and Paul Heelas).

(2008) ‘The Sacralization of the Self. Relocating the Sacred on the Ruins of Tradition’, in: Hent de Vries (ed.), Religion: Beyond a Concept. New York: Fordham University Press, pp. 798-812 (with Dick Houtman).

(2008) ‘Cybergnosis: Technology, Religion and the Secular’, in: Hent de Vries (ed.), Religion. Beyond a Concept. New York: Fordham University Press, pp. 687-703 (with Dick Houtman and Peter Pels).

(2008) ‘The Spiritual Revolution and the New Age Gender Puzzle: The Sacralisation of the Self in Late Modernity (1980-2000)’, in: Kristin Aune, Sonya Sharma and Giselle Vincett (eds.), Women and Religion in the West. Challenging Secularization. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 99-118 (with Dick Houtman).

(2007) ‘”Better Than the Real World”: On the Reality and Meaning of Online Computer Games’, in: Fabula , 48 (3 / 4), Special issue ‘Narratives, Roles and Beliefs in the New Age Era. Homo Narrans - Homo Ludens - Homo Religiosus’, Theo Meder (ed.), pp. 250-269.  

(2007) ‘The Spiritual Turn and the Decline of Tradition: The Spread of Post-Christian Spirituality in Fourteen Western Countries (1981-2000)’, in: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 46 (3), pp. 305-320 (with Dick Houtman).

(2006) ‘Beyond the Spiritual Supermarket: The Social and Public Significance of New Age Spirituality’, in: Journal of Contemporary Religion, 21 (2), pp. 201-222 (with Dick Houtman)  

(2006) ‘La Spiritualità Come Concetto Sociologico’, in: Giordan, G. (ed.), Tra Religione e Spiritualità: Il Rapporto con il Sacro nell'Epoca del Pluralismo. Milano: Franco Angeli, pp. 48-70 (with Dick Houtman).

(2006) ‘Oriental Religion in the Secular West: Globalization, New Age, and the Reenchantment of the World', in: Sanjeev Mahajan (ed.), Globalization and Social Change, New Delhi: Lotus Press, pp. 82-105 (with Dick Houtman).

(2006) ‘Soul-Searching in Cyberspace: Christianity and New Age on the Internet’, in: G. Choondal (ed.), Cyber world. Cyber Theology, Cyber Ethics, Cyber Youth, Cyber Catechesis. Kristu Jyoti Journal: Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, 22 (2), pp. 93-107 (with Ineke Noomen and Dick Houtman).

(2005) 'The Revenge of the Machines: On Modernity, Digital Technology and Animism, in: Zaheer Baber (ed.), CyberAsia: The Internet and Society in Asia. Leiden, Boston: Brill Publishers, pp. 137-158.  

(2005) ‘“We are all gods”: New Age in the Netherlands (1960-2000)’, in: Erik Sengers (ed.), The Dutch and their Gods: Secularization and Transformation of Religion in the Netherlands since 1950. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren, pp. 181-201.

(2005) ‘“Reality Sucks”. On Alienation and Cybergnosis’, in: Borgman, E., Erp, S. Van & Haker, H. (eds.), Cyber Space – Cyber Ethics – Cyber Theology. Concilium: International Journal of Theology, (1), pp. 81-89 (also published in the Spanish, German, Italian, and Portuguese editions of Concilium as, respectively, ‘“Chupadas reales”: Sobre alienación y cibergnosis’, ‘“Realität ist voll ätzend”: Entfremdung und Cybergnosis’, “‘La realtà fa schifo”: Sull’alienazione e la cybergnosi’, and ‘“A realidade suga”: Sobre alienação e cibergnose’) (with Dick Houtman).

(2003) ‘Oriental Religion in the Secular West: Globalization, New Age, and the Reenchantment of the World’, in: Journal of National Development, 16 (1 / 2), pp. 67-86 (with Dick Houtman).

(2002) ‘The Revenge of the Machines: On Modernity, Digital Technology and Animism’, in: Asian Journal of Social Science, 30 (2), pp. 199-220.

 

(2014) ‘Van Bijbel tot Hollywood: De culturele betekenis van de apocalyps in het Westen’, in: Sociologie 10 (1) (forthcoming). 

(2013) ‘Religie in Nederland: van verzuiling tot polarisatie’, in: C. Bouw et al. (eds.), Sociale kaart van Nederland: over maatschappelijke instituties. Den Haag: Boom Lemma (with Joris Kregting). 

(2013) ‘‘The truth is out there’: de kritische pop-sociologie van complotdenkers’, in Twijfel: Tijdschrift van de faculteit wijsbegeerte (November).

(2013) ‘Big Brother: surveillance als entertainment', in: Mark Geels and Tim van Oppijnen (eds.) Nederland in Ideeen: 101 denkers over inzichten en innovaties die ons land verander(d)en. Amsterdam: Maven Publishing, pp. 68-69.

(2012) ‘Media voedt wantrouwen wetenschap’, in: De Volkskrant, Opinie en Debat, 5 Juni, pp. 27.

(2012) 'Einde der tijden is reinigingsritueel', in: De Volkskrant, Opinie & Debat, 7 Januari, pp. 27

(2012) 'Religie, wetenschap en onsterfelijkheid in het Westen', in: Sociologie Magazine (1) (with    

            Dick Houtman).

(2012) 'Alledaags postmodernisme: de hedendaagse gezagscrisis van de wetenschap', in: 

            Beleidsonderzoek Online 1 (1) (with Dick Houtman and Peter Achterberg).  

(2012) ‘Naar hun eigen evenbeeld? Dilemma’s van Katholieke, Protestantse en holistisch-   

            spirituele webdesigners’, in: Albert Benschop and Connie Menting (eds), Zinzoekers op het             web: internet en de verandering van geloofsbeleving. Vught: Skandalon, pp. 83-111 (with

           Ineke Noomen and Dick Houtman).

(2011), 'Een verwarrende tijd? Naar een cultuursociologie van nieuwe kennis- en cultuurvormen', in: Brinkgreve, C. et al. (eds), Cultuur en Ongelijkheid. Diemen: Amb Press, pp. 212-225.  

(2011), ‘Feiten, feiten... Wie maalt er nog om feiten?’, in: NRC-Handelsblad, katern Opinie & Debat, April 9-10, pp. 46-47 (with Dick Houtman and Peter Achterberg).

(2011), ‘Fantasy, paranoia en het romantisch erfgoed: Max Weber en de geest van de hedendaagse populaire cultuur’, in: Sociologie, 7 (1), pp. 3-20 (with Johan Roeland and Dick Houtman).

(2011), ‘Dromen over eeuwig leven: Vluchten voor de dood in een geseculariseerde samenleving’, in: W. de Braal and H.J. Paul (eds), Dood voor onze ogen: Leven in het licht van de eeuwigheid. Kampen: Kok, pp. 29-50 (with Dick Houtman and Joanna Wojtkowiak).

(2010), ‘Yogho! Yogho!, bereid uit natuurlijke ingrediënten volgens eeuwenoude familietraditie? Constructie en deconstructie van authenticiteitsclaims in de reclame’, in: Sociologie, 6 (2), pp. 105-124 (with Dick Houtman and Vatan Hüzeir).

(2010), ‘Zoeken naar zuiverheid: Religieuze purificatie onder jonge new agers, evangelicalen en moslims’, in: Sociologie, 6 (2), pp. 11-29 (with Johan Roeland, Dick Houtman, Martijn de Koning and Ineke Noomen).

(2010), ‘Authenticiteit: De culturele obsessie met echt en onecht’, in: Sociologie, 6 (2), pp. 3-10 (with Dick Houtman and Johan Roeland).

(2009), ‘Dialectiek van secularisering: Hoe de afname van Christelijke religiositeit leidt tot haar wederopstanding in 18 westerse landen’, in: Sociologie, 5 (3), pp. 324-342 (with Peter Achterberg, Dick Houtman, Willem de Koster, Peter Mascini, and Jeroen van der Waal).

(2009), ‘Op jacht naar het ultieme spel: World of Warcraft, Second Life en de commercialisering van virtuele spelwerelden’, in: Sociologie, 5 (1), pp. 27-47 (with Jaron Harambam and Stef Aupers).

(2009), ‘”Groei of ik schiet?” Spiritualiteit in het bedrijfsleven in Nederland’, in: Frans Jespers (ed), Nieuwe religiositeit in Nederland. Gevalsstudies en beschouwingen over alternatieve religieuze activiteiten. Uitgeverij Damon, pp. 213-230.

(2009), ‘”Gewoon jezelf zijn”: Jongerencultuur veertig jaar na mei 1968’, in: Paul van Geest, Shekufeh Jalali Manesh, Jan Prij and Andrea van de Velde (eds), Tegengif in crisistijd. Amsterdam: Boom, pp. 48-56 (with Dick Houtman and Peter Achterberg).

(2008), ‘Hoofdstuk 10. New Age: Post-Christelijke religie in het geseculariseerde westen’, in: Meerten ter Borg, Erik Borgman, Marjo Buitelaar, Yme Kuiper and Rob Plum (eds), Handboek religie in Nederland: Perspectief - overzicht – debat. Zoetermeer: Meinema, pp. 282-300 (with Dick Houtman).

(2008) ‘Betovering Inc: De spirituele dimensie van online computergames’, in; Michiel van Well (ed.), Deus et Machina: De verwevenheid van technologie en religie. Den Haag: STT, pp. 138-143.

(2008) ‘Online gamer: tussen zelfexpressie en dwang’, in: Marguerite van den Berg, Corien Prins en Marcel Ham (eds), In de greep van de technologie: nieuwe toepassingen en het gedrag van de burger. Jaarboek TSS, tijdschrift voor sociale vraagstukken. Amsterdam: Van Gennep, pp. 231-246.

(2007) ‘God in cyberspace? Over goden, magiërs en managers in buitenwereldlijke werelden’, in: Filosofie & Praktijk, 28 (1), pp. 70- 82.

(2006) ‘”Beter dan het echte leven”. Over de aantrekkingskracht van computerspellen op het Internet’, in: Stef Aupers (red.), De spelende mens. Special issue Sociologie, 2 (1), pp. 29-52.    

(2006) ‘De spelende mens. Over volwassen spel in de publieke sfeer’ (editorial introduction), in: Stef Aupers (red.), De spelende mens. Special issue Sociologie, 2 (1), pp. 2-7.  

(2005) ‘De terugkeer van Frankenstein’, in: De Academische Boekengids, 51 (July), pp. 13-15.

(2004) ‘50 jaar Sociologische Gids (1953-2003): Een terugblik en een blik vooruit’ (editorial introduction). Special issue Sociologische Gids, 51 (4), pp. 309-317 (with Dick Houtman and Erik Snel).

(2003) ‘”Als engelen in cyberspace”. De religieuze verbeelding van het internet in Silicon Valley’, in: Giselinde Kuipers, Jeroen de Kloet and Suzanne Kuik (red.), Digitaal contact. Het net van de begrensde mogelijkheden. Special issue Amsterdams Sociologisch Tijdschrift, 30 (1/2), pp.66-88.

(2003) ‘”Gewoon worden wie je bent”. Over authenticiteit en anti-institutionalisme’, in: Sociologische Gids, 50 (2), pp. 203-223 (with Dick Houtman and Inge Van der Tak).  

(2003) ‘”Vroeger kon je lachen”. Een reactie op ‘geld en de rest’ van Henk de Vos’, in: Sociologische Gids, 50 (3), pp. 312-318 (with Jack Burgers).

(2002) ‘De virtuele tovertuin’, in: Krisis. Tijdschrift voor empirische filosofie, 3 (3), pp. 60-65.

(2002) ‘”Everything is Connected”’. Naar een sociologie van paranoia en complottheorieën’, in: Sociologische Gids, 49 (3), pp. 313-326.

(2002) ‘Gnosis, spiritueel management en technomystiek in de abstracte samenleving’, in: Hans van de Braak en Ton Bevers (eds.), De Waarde van instituties. Essays voor Anton Zijderveld. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 29-45.

(2001) ‘De wraak van de machines. Over moderniteit, technologie en animisme’, in: Amsterdams Sociologisch Tijdschrift, 28 (3), pp. 292-320.    

(2000) ‘Is er dan echt niets meer echt?’, in: Sociologische Gids, 47 (6), pp. 418-420.

(2000) ‘Werken aan lichaam, emoties en energie in New Age-centra. Een hertovering?’, in: Sociologische Gids, 47 (5), pp. 350-365.

(2000) ‘De New Age-beweging. Over de teloorgang van een utopie’, in: Lammert Gosse Jansma and Durk Hak (eds.), Maar nog is het einde niet. Chiliastische stromingen en bewegingen bij het aanbreken van een millennium. Special issue Mens en Maatschappij. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 149-161.

(1999) ‘New Age: tussen religie en psychotherapie?’, in: Marit Monteiro, Peter Nissen and Judith de Raat (eds.), Steun en toeverlaat. Historische aspecten van geestelijke begeleiding. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren, pp. 173-188.

(1998) ‘”Je hoeft er niet in te geloven: het werkt!” Over de instrumentalisering van New Age-spiritualiteit’, in: Amsterdams Sociologisch Tijdschrift, 25 (2), pp. 295-321.