Reender Kranenborg was an editor of the magazine Religious Movement in the Netherlands published by the institute of religious studies

Religious studies

Religious studies is the academic field of multi-disciplinary, secular study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically based, and cross-cultural perspectives.While theology attempts to...

 of the Free University in Amsterdam

Vrije Universiteit

The Vrije Universiteit is a university in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch name is often abbreviated as VU and in English the university uses the name "VU University". The university is located on a compact urban campus in the southern part of Amsterdam in the Buitenveldert district...

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He received his Phd. in the theological faculty about the subject of Self-realization

Self-realization

Self-realization is a self-awakening.Self-realization may also refer to:* Self-Realization Fellowship, worldwide spiritual organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda...

. He stated in the dissertation that he had attempted to research the subject following the norms of religious studies, not a theological one.

He has a seat at the Comitato Scientifico (scientific committee) of the CESNUR

CESNUR

CESNUR , is an organization based in Turin, Italy. It was established in 1988 by a group of religious scholars from universities in Europe and the Americas, working in the field of new religious movements. Its director is the Italian sociologist and attorney Massimo Introvigne...

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Selected bibliography

English

• The Presentation of the Essenes in Western Esotericism. Journal of Contemporary Religion
  Journal of Contemporary Religion
  The Journal of Contemporary Religion is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal which covers anthropological, sociological, psychological, and philosophical aspects of religion.- History and format :...
  
  , 13 (2): 245- 256. (1998).
• New Religions in a Postmodern World (2003) Reender Kranenborg and Mikael Rothstein
  Mikael Rothstein
  Mikael Rothstein is an associate professor of religious history at the University of Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2002 he was on the board of the Danish Association for the History of Religions and the editorial boards of the publications Renner Studies on New Religions and Nye...
  
   (Eds.) Aarhus University Press ISBN 87-7288-748-6
• Field Notes: Efraim: A New Apocalyptic Movement in the Netherlands in Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 2004, Vol. 7, No. 3, Pages 81-91.
• Revelation and Experience in the Theosophical Tradition. A paper presented at CESNUR
  CESNUR
  CESNUR , is an organization based in Turin, Italy. It was established in 1988 by a group of religious scholars from universities in Europe and the Americas, working in the field of new religious movements. Its director is the Italian sociologist and attorney Massimo Introvigne...
  
   2004 international conference, Baylor University, Waco (Texas), June 18-June 20, 2000. Available online

Dutch

• Zelfverwerkelijking
  Self-realization
  Self-realization is a self-awakening.Self-realization may also refer to:* Self-Realization Fellowship, worldwide spiritual organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda...
  
  : oosterse religies binnen een westerse subcultuur (1974) uitgegeven door J.H Kok Kampen Ph.D.
  Ph.D.
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   dissertation
• Transcendente meditatie
  Transcendental Meditation
  Transcendental Meditation refers to the Transcendental Meditation technique, a specific form of mantra meditation, and to the Transcendental Meditation movement, a spiritual movement...
  
  : Verlangen naar zinvol leven en religie, uitgegeven door Kok (1977) ISBN 90-242-2452-7
• Oosterse geloofsbewegingen in het Westen: Bhagwan-beweging
  Osho-Rajneesh movement
  The Rajneesh movement is a term used by Hugh B. Urban and other commentators to refer collectively to persons inspired by the Indian mystic Osho , particularly initiated disciples who are referred to as "neo-sannyasins" or simply "sannyasins", also formerly known as Rajneeshees or "Orange People",...
  
  , Hare Krishna gemeenschap, Transcendente Meditatie
  Transcendental Meditation
  Transcendental Meditation refers to the Transcendental Meditation technique, a specific form of mantra meditation, and to the Transcendental Meditation movement, a spiritual movement...
  
  , Healthy-Happy-Holy-Organization, Divine Light Mission
  Divine Light Mission
  The Divine Light Mission was an organization founded in 1960 by guru Shri Hans Ji Maharaj for his following in northern India. During the 1970s, the DLM gained prominence in the West under the leadership of his fourth and youngest son, Guru Maharaj Ji...
  
  , Yoga
  Yoga
  Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...
  
  , Verenigingskerk
  Unification Church
  The Unification Church is a new religious movement founded by Korean religious leader Sun Myung Moon. In 1954, the Unification Church was formally and legally established in Seoul, South Korea, as The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity . In 1994, Moon gave the church...
  
  (1982), uitgegeven door Zomer en Keuning - Ede, ISBN 90-210-4965-1
• Een nieuw licht of de kerk?: bijdragen van nieuwe religieuze bewegingen voor de kerk van vandaag (1984), uitgegeven door Boekencentrum 's-Gravenhage ISBN 90-239-0809-0
• De School voor Filosofie als neo-hindoeïstische beweging (Religieuze bewegingen in Nederland), VU Uitgeverij (1985) ISBN 90-6256-416-X
• Woorden van de Meesters. Teksten van hedendaagse Indiase denkers over God, mens en wereld. Bijeengebracht, vertaald en ingeleid door Reender Kranenborg, Delft, Meinema, 1988, ISBN 90-211-3524-8
• Reïncarnatie en Christelijk geloof,Kampen, KOK, 1989, ISBN : 90-242-4489-7
• Kranenborg Reender Dr., Stoker Wessel, red, Religies en (on)gelijkheid in een plurale samenleving,Leuven / Apeldoorn, Garant, 1995, ISBN 90-5350-391-9
• Neohindoeïstische bewegingen in Nederland : een encyclopedisch overzicht, uitgegeven door Kampen Kok (2002) ISBN 90-435-0493-9

French

• Jean-François Mayer (editor) en Reender Kranenborg (editor), La naissance des nouvelles religions, uitgegeven door Georg, Genève, Switzerland, 2004) ISBN 2-8257-0877-1

German

• Selbstverwirklichung

Italian

• L’induismo published by Elledici, Leumann (Torino) 2003, ISBN 88-01-02728-1