María del Mar Ramos-Lorente ,
Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of
the Department of Sociology at the
University of Granada, Spain. She
received a Special European Mention
for her Ph.D. thesis, “New Religious
Movements in Spain: Context and
Analysis of the Affiliation and
Disaffiliation Process of their
Adherents” [“Nuevos Movimientos
Religiosos en España: contexto y
análisis del proceso de afiliación y
desvinculación de sus miembros”].
She has been a visiting research
fellow in Germany at the Inst. für
Systematische Theology,
Arbeitsbereich Religiongeschichte,
Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg,
Friburgo de Brisgobia and at the
Religionsvetenska in the Swedish
University, Åbo Akademi University.
She has participated in numerous
research projects and has
approximately thirty publications
and numerous conference
presentations.
