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Rothstein earned his Doctor of Philosophy in 1993 and became a Lector at the University of Copenhagen in 2001.
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Mikael Rothstein
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He has been on the board of the Danish Association for the History of Religions (DAHR) and the editorial boards of the publications Renner Studies on New Religions (Aarhus University Press) and Nye Religioner (Gyldendal). Rothstein has been called one of Denmark"s top researchers in new religious movements, and has been credited with making them a topic of scholarship. Another area of scholarly interest is indigenous religions.
He was the first researcher to describe the Penan people of Borneo.
Rothstein has been involved in some conflicts in the media. In 2011 he was one of those criticizing the rephrasing of the mission of Denmark"s state-owned broadcasting service, DR, to include promoting Christian values, which he called "a way of making us all hostages to a nationalist Christian project".
He has called Lars Hedegaard "an attacker" (Danish: en voldsmand), leading to criticism from other free speech advocates. An opinion article in another newspaper likewise portrayed him as a hater of religion.
