Markus Davidsen
Assistant Professor
- Name
- Dr. M.A. Davidsen
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2582
- m.davidsen@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-7089-5143
Markus Davidsen is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion.
More information about Markus Davidsen
News
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Bas van Rijn wins Fritz Stolz-Preis 2024
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Interview with Markus Davidsen on his Comenius project -
Bas van Rijn defends PhD dissertation on afterlife research -
Markus Davidsen: 'We need to implement ideas that improve an entire programme' -
Ten lecturers obtain Senior Teaching Qualification -
Markus Davidsen wins 2021 Impact Prize -
KNAW subsidy for the project ‘Religious studies in secondary education' -
Theme Issue on Markus Davidsen’s Vision for the Study of Religion -
New book: Markus Davidsen publishes book on supernatural fiction used as religious texts -
Research Trainee Project on Religious Narratives as Plausibility Structures launched -
Five History projects selected for Research Traineeship Programme 2016-2017 -
Markus Altena Davidsen wins the Gerardus van der Leeuw Dissertation Award 2016 -
Tolkien and fiction-based religions
CV and full list of publications
Fields of interest
My research interests cluster around four areas:
- Fiction-based religion, such as Tolkien-spirituality and Star Wars-based Jediism.
- Religious narratives, in particular how narratives about the supernatural can become persuasive and influence belief, practice, and experience.
- Method and theory in the study of religion, with a focus on comparison, explanation, and theory formation, as well as the research history of the study of religion
- Religion education, including curriculum development and study-of-religion-based didactics
Supervision
I supervise BA, MA, and PhD theses in the following empirical fields: new religions and alternative spirituality, contemporary religion, and religious education. Furthermore, I am willing to supervise any project on religion (regardless of empirical focus) that makes extensive use of cognitive, semiotic, and/or narratological theory.
Currently I act as co-supervisor on two PhD project:
- Amir Ardalan Emami’s project “Transformations in Ancient Iranian Religion: The Achaemenids as Agents of Long-Term Change”
- Bas van Rijn’s project “Experimental Systems, Spiritual Practices, and Religious Experience”
Education
- PhD (cum laude) in the Study of Religion, Leiden University (2014). Dissertation title: “ The Spiritual Tolkien Milieu: A Study of Fiction-based Religion”. A limited number of printed copies of the dissertation are available for sale: 15€ for LU students, 30€ for others.
- MA in the Study of Religion, Aarhus University, Denmark (2008).
- Erasmus exchange student, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (2007).
- BA, in the Study of Religion with a Minor in Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology, Aarhus University, Denmark (2005).
Employment
- University Lecturer (universitair docent), Sociology of Religion, Leiden University (since 2015).
- Teaching Associate (docent), Sociology of Religion and New Religions, Leiden University (since 2011-2015).
- PhD candidate, Aarhus University and Leiden University (2009-2012).
- Instructor, Aarhus University (2004-2007). [History of Religion (2004), Introduction to the Study of Religion (2005-2006), Philosophy of Science (2005), Religion and Modern Media (2007)].
Teaching activities
I teach various courses in sociology of religion, new religions/alternative spirituality, theory in the study of religion, and religion education. I currently teach the following courses:
- Tools and Theories in the Study of Religion: Historical, Cognitive and Social-Scientific Approaches (MA)
- Vakdidactisch dossier 1: Religiewetenschappelijke vakdidactiek en burgerschapsonderwijs (MA)
- Religie, levensbeschouwing en burgerschapsvorming in het onderwijs (BA/MA)
- New Religions (BA)
- Sociology of Religion (BA)
Key publications
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Davidsen, Markus Altena (2020), “Theo van Baaren’s Systematic Science of Religion Revisited: The Current Crisis in Dutch Study of Religion and a Way Out”, NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion 74(3), 213–241. Target article in theme issue ‘Religious Studies in the Netherlands: Debating the Field’s Future”.
- Davidsen, Markus Altena (ed.; 2018). Narrative and Belief: The Religious Affordance of Supernatural Fiction, London: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-138-55966-0.
Research articles
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2020. “Studying Religions as Narrative Cultures: Angel Experience Narratives in the Netherlands and Some Ideas for a Narrative Research Programme for the Study of Religion”, in Dirk Johannsen, Anja Kirsch, and Jens Kreinath (eds.), Narrative Cultures and the Aesthetics of Religion: Storytelling—Imagination—Reception, in the series Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Leiden: Brill, 91–122. (With Bastiaan van Rijn).
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2017. “The Jedi Community: History and Folklore of a Fiction-based Religion”, New Directions in Folklore 15(1/2), 7-49.
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2017. “The Elven Path and the Silver Ship of the Valar: Two Spiritual Groups Based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s Legendarium”, including two appendices, “Tië eldaliéva”, by Rev. Michaele Alyras de Cygne and Calantirniel, and “Ilsaluntë Valion”, by Gwineth, in Carole M. Cusack & Pavol Kosnáč (eds.), Fiction, Invention and Hyper-reality: From Popular Culture to Religion, Abingdon & New York: Routledge, 15-39.
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2016. “From Star Wars to Jediism: The Emergence of Fiction-based Religion”, in Ernst van den Hemel & Asja Szafraniec (eds.), Words: Religious Language Matters, New York: Fordham University Press, 376-389.571-575.
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2016. “The Religious Affordance of Fiction: A Semiotic Approach”, Religion 46(4), 521-549.
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2015. “In de Ban van Tolkien: Geloof en Geloven in Tolkien-spiritualiteit”, Religie & Samenleving 10(3), 213-234.
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2013. “Fiction-based Religion: Conceptualising a New Category against History-based Religion and Fandom”, Culture and Religion: An Interdisciplinary Journal 14(4), 378-395.
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2012. “Future Directions in the Sociology of Non-institutional Religion”, Implicit Religion 15(4), 553-570.
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2012. “What is Wrong with Pagan Studies?”, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 24(2), 183-199.
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2012. “The Spiritual Milieu Based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Literary Mythology”. In A. Possamai (ed.), Handbook of Hyper-real Religions. Leiden: Brill. 185-204.
Grants and awards
- Impact Prize Faculty of Humanities, for my work on revitalizing religion and worldview education in Dutch secondary schools (EUR 1,000), 2021.
- Science Communication Award, Pilotfonds Wetenschapscommunicatie door wetenschappers: Gewaardeerd!, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), awarded as leader of the project ‘Religiewetenschap in het voortgezet onderwijs’ (‘Religious Studies in secondary education’), with Maurits Berger, Michaël van der Meer, and Kim Beerden (EUR 10,000), 2021.
- Gerardus van der Leeuw PhD Dissertation Award, dissertation award of the Dutch Association for the Study of Religion, awarded biennially for the best doctoral dissertation in the Study of Religion defended at a Dutch university (EUR 650), 2016.
- Danish Research Council for Independent Research (Humanities), 3-year international PhD scholarship (EUR 184,485), 2009-2012.
- Arenberg-Coimbra Group Prize for Erasmus Students (EUR 5,000) , 2009.
Administration and service to the profession
2019- . Voorzitter Projectteam Basiscurriculum, Expertisecentrum Levensbeschouwing en Religie in het Voortgezet Onderwijs; 2018-2019 Lid kernteam
2012-2017. General secretary, Dutch Association for the Study of Religion (NGG), 2009-2012; PhD representative on the board.
Assistant Professor
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden Institute for Area Studies
- LUCSoR
- Davidsen M.A. (2024), Het Inspiratieboek: update vanuit het expertisecentrum LERVO, Narthex 24(2): 24-25.
- Davidsen M.A. (2023), Religious use of fantasy fiction. In: James A., Lavocat F. & Kubo A. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of fiction and belief. London: Routledge. 454-466.
- Davidsen M.A. (2022), Religionsvidenskabsstudiet er en gymnasielæreruddannelse: om den lundagerske fagforståelse og religionsundervisningen i Holland. In: Christiansen J.L., Feldt F. & Baunvig K.F. (Eds.), Stuktur: begejstring – festskrift for Hans J. Lundager Jensen. Religionsvidenskabelig Skriftserie no. 1. Aarhus: Aarhus Universitet, Afd. for Religionsvidenskab. 182-188.
- Davidsen M.A. (2022), De perspectiefgerichte benadering: Rationale voor het landelijk kerncurriculum levensbeschouwing en religie van Expertisecentrum LERVO, Religie en Samenleving 17(3): 198-226.
- Davidsen M.A. 26 February 2021, Tolkien-ism, Jedi-ism, and Invented Religions with Markus Davidsen. Open Div Summit [podcast].
- Davidsen M.A. & Elsenaar M. (2021), Durf vernieuwend te zijn: feedback op het concept-basiscurriculum vanuit het veld en vertaling van de feedback naar vervolgstappen voor 2021, Narthex 21(1): 70-74.
- Davidsen M.A. (2021), “There was no Dutch school of phenomenology of religion”: academic implacability and historical accidents - an interview with Jan G. Platvoet (The Netherlands). In: Fujiwara S., Thurfjell D. & Engler S. (Eds.), Global Phenomenologies of Religion: An Oral History in Interviews. The Study of Religion in a Global Context. Sheffield: Equinox. 245-276.
- Davidsen M.A. (2021), Goed onderwijs gaat uit van vragen: voorbij het mythedenken over religie, Narthex 21(2): 48-54.
- Bollemaat J.H., Davidsen M.A., Dijk J. van & Meer M.N. van der (2021), Een perspectiefgerichte benadering van het vakgebied Levensbeschouwing en Religie, Narthex 21(3): 15-23 (9).
- Davidsen M.A. (2020), Religiewetenschappelijke vakdidactiek. In: Dijk-Groeneboer M.C.H. van (Ed.), Handboek Vakdidactiek Levensbeschouwing & Religie: Expertisecentrum Levensbeschouwing en Religie in het Voortgezet Onderwijs. 288–299.
- Davidsen M.A. & Rijn B. van (2020), Studying religions as narrative cultures: angel experience narratives in the Netherlands and some ideas for a narrative research program for the study of religion. In: Johannsen D., Kirsch A. & Kreinath J. (Eds.), Narrative Cultures and the Aesthetics of Religion: Storytelling—Imagination—Reception. Supplements to Method and Theory in the Study of Religion no. 14. Leiden: Brill. 91–122.
- Verkerk M. & Davidsen M.A. (2020), Religieuze geletterdheid is het doel, religiewetenschap het middel: gedachten vanuit de nieuwe, educatieve opleiding Religie en Levensbeschouwing in Leiden, Narthex 20(1): 52-54.
- Davidsen M.A. (2020), Theo van Baaren’s systematic science of religion revisited: the current crisis in Dutch study of religion and a way out, NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion 74(3): 213-241.
- Davidsen M.A. (2020), Fundamental problems and methods in the study of religion: a reply to my critics, NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion 74(3): 277-283.
- Davidsen M.A. 28 August 2020, Hva skal til for at fantasy blir religion?. ReligionsOraklene. Universitetet i Bergen [podcast].
- Davidsen M.A. (2020), Voorstel basiscurriculum Levensbeschouwing en Religie, Narthex 20(4): 15-26.
- Davidsen M.A. (2019), Honouring the Valar, Finding the Elf Within: The Curious History of Tolkien Spirituality and the Religious Affordance of Tolkien’s Literary Mythology. In: Milon A. (Ed.), Tolkien the Pagan? Reading Middle-earth through a Spiritual Lens: Proceedings of Tolkien Society Seminar 2018. Edinburgh: Luna Press Publishing. 31-45.
- Davidsen M.A. (2019), Objectief, kritisch en pluralistisch?: Wat Nederland kan leren van het Noorse onderwijs over levensbeschouwing en religie, Narthex 19(2): 11-19.
- Davidsen M.A. (2019), Review of: Schlieter Jens (2018), What Is It Like to Be Death? Near-Death Experiences, Christianity, and the Occult. Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Reading Religion .
- Davidsen M.A. 23 January 2019, Interview: Markus Davidsen, Fiction-based Religions Researcher. The Tolkien Heads [podcast].
- Davidsen M.A. & Jong A.F. de (2018), In memoriam: Prof. dr. Meerten ter Borg (1946-2017), Leids Universitair Weekblad Mare 41(16): 6.
- Davidsen M.A. (2018), The Jedi Community (World Religion and Spirituality Project). [other].
- Groot K. de & Davidsen M.A. (2018), In memoriam Meerten B. ter Borg (1946-2017), Religie en Samenleving 16(2): 157-162.
- Davidsen M.A. (2018), Gastles over Star Wars brengt religiewetenschappelijk onderzoek de klas in, Magazine voor het alfa- & gammaonderwijs ter inspiratie, motivatie en professionalisering 1: 28-29.
- Davidsen M.A. (2018), Het begrip religie: Over het religiewetenschappelijke definitiedebat en zijn implicaties voor het voortgezet onderwijs, Narthex 18(4): 58-64.
- Davidsen M.A. (2018), In Memoriam: Prof. dr. Meerten Berend ter Borg, 1946-2017, Implicit Religion 20(4): 455-458.
- Visser T.D., Praamsma J.M., Dijk-Groeneboer M.C.H. van, Davidsen M.A. & Beer A.A.J.A.M. de (2018), Het Expertisecentrum Levensbeschouwing en Religie in het Voortgezet Onderwijs, Narthex 18(4): 24-25.
- Visser T.D., Praamsma J.M., Dijk-Groeneboer M.C.H. van, Davidsen M.A. & Beer A.A.J.A.M. de (2018), Het vakgebied levensbeschouwing en religie in het voortgezet onderwijs, Narthex 18(4): 26-37.
- Ouden J.A.J. den & Davidsen M.A. (2017), Star Wars als bron van religie: Voorbeeld van een lessenserie in bovenbouw havo/vwo (Leiden University). [other].
- Davidsen M.A. & Asprem E. (Eds.) (2017), Esotericism and the Cognitive Science of Religion. Aries. Leiden: Brill.
- Asprem E. & Davidsen M.A. (2017), Editors’ introduction: what cognitive science offers the study of esotericism, Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism 17(1): 1-15.
- Davidsen M.A. (2017), The Elven Path and the Silver Ship of the Valar: two spiritual groups based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s Legendarium. In: Cusack C.M. & Kosnáč P. (Eds.), Fiction, Invention and Hyper-reality: From Popular Culture to Religion. Routledge Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements no. 10. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. 15-39.
- Davidsen M.A., Ouden J.A.J. den, Visser T. & Lammers M. (2017), Religie en levensbeschouwing: rationale voor een kerncurriculum vo, Narthex 17(1): 17-26.
- Davidsen M.A. & Ouden J.A.J. den (Eds.) (2017), Article series "Religiekunde in de lespraktijk". Narthex.
- Davidsen M.A. (2017), Narrative and Belief: The Religious Affordance of Supernatural Fiction. London: Routledge.
- Davidsen M.A. (2017), The Jedi Community: History and Folklore of a Fiction-based Religion, New Directions in Folklore 15(1/2): 7-49.
- Davidsen M.A. (2017), Introduction – Narrative and Belief: The Religious Affordance of Supernatural Fiction. In: Davidsen M.A. (Ed.), Narrative and Belief: The Religious Affordance of Supernatural Fiction. London: Routledge. 1-11.
- Davidsen M.A. (2017), The Religious Affordance of Fiction: Towards a Catalogue of Veracity Mechanisms in Supernatural Narratives. In: Davidsen M.A. (Ed.), Narrative and Belief: The Religious Affordance of Supernatural Fiction. London: Routledge. 33-61.
- Davidsen M.A. 30 May 2016, Wat is religie? – aflevering 2: Markus Davidsen. Wat is religie?. Universiteit Leiden [podcast].
- Davidsen M.A. (2016), From Star Wars to Jediism: The Emergence of Fiction-based Religion. In: Hemel E. van den & Szafraniec A. (Eds.), Words: Religious Language Matters. The Future of the Religious Past. New York: Fordham University Press. 376-389.
- Davidsen M.A. (2016), The Religious Affordance of Fiction: A Semiotic Approach, Religion 46(4): 521-549.
- Davidsen M.A. (Ed.) (2016), Fiction and religion: how narratives about the supernatural inspire religious belief. Religion: Francis and Taylor.
- Davidsen M.A. (2016), Fiction and religion:: how narratives about the supernatural inspire religious belief – introducing the thematic issue, Religion 46(4): 489-499.
- Davidsen M.A. & Ouden J.A.J. den (2016), Star Wars in het religieonderwijs: Religiekunde in de lespraktijk I, Narthex 16(2): 64-71.
- Davidsen M.A. (16 March 2016), Religiekunde: Levensbeschouwelijke geletterdheid voor alle leerlingen. Leiden Religie Blog. Leiden: LUCSoR. [blog entry].
- Davidsen M.A. (2016), Fiction-based Religion: Conceptualising a New Category Against History-based Religion and Fandom. In: Cusack C.M. & Farley H. (Eds.), Religion, the Occult, and the Paranormal, 4 vols, vol 3, Religion, the Occult, and the Paranormal: Pop Oc/culture, Media and Modern Mythology. London: Routledge. 239-257.
- Davidsen M.A. (9 March 2016), Tolkien-spiritualiteit: Een religieuze trendsetter?. Versvak. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam. [blog entry].
- Davidsen M.A. (2015), Fiction-based Religion: Conceptualising a New Category against History-based Religion and Fandom. In: Cusack C.M. & Sutcliffe S. (Eds.), The Problem of Invented Religions. London: Routledge. 26-43.
- Davidsen M.A., Hemel E. van den, Arfman W., Beekers D. & Mathijssen B. (2 November 2015), Religieonderwijs is juist nu heel hard nodig. NRC.next, De Miening: 30-31.
- Davidsen M.A. (2015), In de ban van Tolkien: geloof en geloven in Tolkien-spiritualiteit, Religie en Samenleving 10(3): 213-234.
- Davidsen M.A. (2015), Religion baseret på J.R.R. Tolkiens fantasybøger, Religion 2015(1): 32-41.
- Davidsen M.A., Berger M.S., Jong A.F. de, Williams C.L., Boer E.M. de, Wall E.G.E. van der, Frishman J., Dessing N.M., Hofstee W. & Buisman J.W. (17 December 2015), Verplicht religiekunde voor alle scholieren. Reformatorisch Dagblad, Forum: 6-7.
- Davidsen M.A., Berger M.S., Jong A.F. de, Williams C.L., Boer E.M de, Wall E.G.E. van der, Frishman J., Dessing N.M., Hofstee W. & Buisman J.W. (14 December 2015), Leidse Visie voor het Religieonderwijs. Leiden Religie Blog. Leiden: Universiteit Leiden. [blog entry].
- Davidsen M.A., Hemel E. van den, Arfman W., Beekers D. & Mathijssen B. (3 November 2015), Zonder kennis van religie is de wereld onbegrijpelijk. Leiden Religie Blog. Leiden: Universiteit Leiden (LUCSoR). [blog entry].
- Davidsen M.A. (2014) Boganmeldelse: Faxneld, Per & Jesper Aa. Petersen, red., 2013. The Devil’s Party: Satanism in Modernity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ix+289 s. Review of: Per Faxneld & Petersen Jesper A.A. (2013), The Devil’s Party: Satanism in Modernity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Aura: Tidsskrift för akademiska studier av nyreligiositet 2014(6): 149-158.
- Davidsen M.A. (2014), Religie gebaseerd op Tolkiens boeken, Lembas (166): 16-17.
- Davidsen M.A. (16 October 2014), The spiritual Tolkien milieu : a study of fiction‐based religion (Dissertatie. Leiden Center for the Study of Religion, Humanities, Leiden University). Supervisor(s): Jong A.F. de.
- Davidsen M.A. (2014), Religie gebaseerd op de fantasy-boeken van J.R.R. Tolkien, Goden, Geesten en Geleerden (Juni 2014): 14-16.
- Davidsen M.A. (2013), Fiction-based religion: conceptualising a new category against history-based religion and fandom, Culture and Religion: An Interdisciplinary Journal 14(4): 378-395.
- Davidsen M.A. 2 January 2013, Myter til tiden. Systime [podcast].
- Davidsen M.A., Boer E.M. de & Hofstee W. (25 January 2013), Wél onderzoek naar nieuwe spiritualiteit. Nieuw Wij. Amsterdam: Projectteam 'W!J'. [blog entry].
- Davidsen M.A. (2012), Future directions in the sociology of non-institutional religion, Implicit Religion 15(4): 553-570.
- Davidsen M.A. (2012), The spiritual milieu based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary mythology. In: Possamai A. (Ed.), Handbook of Hyper-real Religions. Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion no. 5. Leiden: Brill. 185-204.
- Davidsen M. (2012) Anmeldelse af Daren Kemp & James R. Lewis (red.), Handbook of New Age (2007) og Murphy Pizza & James R. Lewis (red.), Handbook of Contemporary Paganism (2009). Review of: Kemp D., Lewis J.R., Pizza M. & Lewis J.R. (2007|2009), Handbook of New Age|Handbook of Contemporary Paganism. Leiden|Leiden: Brill|Brill. Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift 58: 89-96.
- Davidsen M.A. (2012), Jediriddaren – från fiktion till religion, Retorik Magasinet 11: 15-18.
- Davidsen M.A. (2012), What is wrong with pagan studies?, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 24(2): 183-199.
- Davidsen M.A. (2011), Jediridderen – fra fiktion til religion: Fiktive jedimestre gør Star Wars til en religiøs bevægelse, Retorikmagasinet 21(82): 4-6.
- Davidsen M. (2011) Anmeldelse af Wanda Alberts: Integrative Religious Education in Europe: A Study-of-Religions Approach (2007). Review of: Alberts W. (2007), Integrative Religious Education in Europe: A Study-of-Religions Approach. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter. Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift 56: 114-118.
- Davidsen M. (2011) Book review of Carole M. Cusack, Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faith (2010). Review of: Cusack C. (2010), Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faith no. 1. Farnham: Ashgate. Literature & Aesthetics 21: 259-261.
- Davidsen M. (2011) Anmeldelse af Carole M. Cusack, Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faith (2010). Review of: Cusack C. (2010), Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faith. Farnham: Ashgate. Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift 57: 115-118.
- Davidsen M. (2011) Review of Daren Kemp & James R. Lewis, eds., Handbook of New Age (2007). Review of: Lewis J.R. & Kemp D. (2007), Handbook of New Age no. 2. Leiden: Brill. Alternative spirituality and religion review 2: 397-400.
- Davidsen M. (2011), Jediism: a convergence of Star Wars fan culture and salad bar spirituality, De filosoof 51: 24-24.
- Davidsen M.A. (2010), Genfødt og blå: Religiøsitet baseret på James Camerons film Avatar. In: Pedersen R.D. (Ed.), Religion 2.0? Tendenser og trends i det nye årtusind. Aarhus: Det Teologiske Fakultet, Aarhus Universitet. 50-55.
- Davidsen M. (29 March 2010), Avatars god Eywa: religie in wording?. Trouw, Religie en filosofie: 26-27.
- Davidsen M.A. (2010), Genfødt og blå: Religiøsitet baseret på James Cameron's Avatar. In: Nielsen M.V. & Kühle L. (Eds.), Religion i Danmark 2010. Aarhus: Centre for Contemporary Religion.
- Davidsen M.A. (2010), Fiktionsbaseret religion: Fra Star Wars til jediisme, Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift 55: 3-21.
- Davidsen M.A. (2010), Fantasy som religion: Star Wars og jediisme, Religionspædagogisk Forum 2010(1): 15-23.
- Davidsen M. (5 March 2010), Genfødt og blå. Weekendavisen, Ideer: 11-11.
- Davidsen M. (2010) The Secular Future of Religious Education in Europe. Review of: Alberts W. (2010), Integrative Religious Education in Europe: A Study-of-Religions Approach. Zeitschrift für junge Religionswissenschaft 5.
- Davidsen M.A. (2004), Den ene og de mange: Gudeforestillinger i vedisme og hinduisme, TOTEM: Tidsskrift ved Afdeling for Religionsvidenskab, Aarhus Universitet 11: 3-17.
- Davidsen M.A. (2003), Believing, belonging, attending: En undersøgelse af paradigmatiske forskydninger i religionssystemet, TOTEM: Tidsskrift ved Afdeling for Religionsvidenskab, Aarhus Universitet 10: 3-13.