Editorial

Author Biographies

• André Droogers, VU University

  André Droogers is emeritus professor of cultural anthropology, especially anthropology of religion and symbolic anthropology, at VU University, Amsterdam. He was the principal applicant and coordinator of the BSS program.

• Anton van Harskamp, VU University

  Anton van Harskamp is a philosopher of religion, and emeritus professor of “Religion, Identity and Civil Society” at VU University Amsterdam. He works in the field of social theory on the impact of new religions on civil society.