Publicaties
2025
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Rakow, K. (2025).
Spatialising Urban Religious Aspirations in Singapore: New Creation Church and the Building of The Star.
Religion and Urbanity online.
[DOI] Rakow, K. (2025).
Material Metaphors: The Body of Religious Texts and their Embodied Users.
Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture,
14(2), 216–237.
[DOI] Demeijer, F.
, Rakow, K., Horstmanshoff, M., & Stoffels, H. (2025).
The Process of Subjectivization within a Religious Organization: A Narrative Account of Members of the Apostolic Society.
Journal of Religion in Europe,
18(1), 111-134.
[DOI] [Portal]2024
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Rakow, K. (2024).
In Conversation: From Objects to Larger Material Structures / From Belief to Practices.
Material Religion,
20(1), 117-121.
[DOI] [Repository] Dees, S., Jethro, D., Maldonado-Estrada, A.
, Rakow, K., & Coates, A. (2024).
In Conversation: Introduction.
Material Religion,
20(1), 101-101.
[DOI] [Repository]Rakow, K. (2024).
Foreword to Shiʿi Materiality Beyond Karbala: Religion That Matters. In F. G. Marei, Y. Shanneik, & C. Funke (Eds.),
Shiʿi Materiality Beyond Karbala: Religion That Matters (pp. ix-xiii). (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; Vol. 179). Brill.
[DOI] [Repository] Rakow, K. (2024).
The Production and Performance of Multi-sensory Worship Services. In A. Adogame, C. M. Bauman, D. S. Parsitau, & J. Yip (Eds.),
The Routledge Handbook of Megachurches (1 ed., pp. 207-220). Routledge.
[DOI] Populariserende publicaties
Rakow, K. (2024).
Moving Stairways to Heaven: How Singapore’s Megachurches Navigate Urban Infrastructures. Web publication/site, RelUrb Blog.
[DOI] 2023
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Rakow, K. (2023).
Books in Religious Studies: From Relentless Textualism to Embodied Practices. In P. Tamimi Arab, J. Scheper Hughes, & S. B. Plate (Eds.),
The Routledge Handbook of Material Religion (pp. 113-127). (Routledge Handbooks in Religion). Routledge.
[DOI] 2022
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Rakow, K. (2022).
Megachurches in den USA und Singapur in transkultureller Perspektive: Ein kritischer Blick auf das Export-Narrativ From the West to the Rest. In B. Grümmer, C. Jahnel, M. Radermacher, C. Rammelt, & J. Schlamelcher (Eds.),
Globale Christentümer: Theologische und religionswissenschaftliche Perspektiven (pp. 107-127). (Global Religion — Religion global; Vol. 2). Brill | Schöningh.
[DOI] [Repository] 2021
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Rakow, K. (2021). Religion 2.0: Thinking about religion through technology . In M. Bouquet, A. Meijer, & C. Sanders (Eds.), Writing the Liberal Arts and Sciences: Truth, Dialogue, and Historical Consciousness (pp. 88-96). Amsterdam University Press.
Rakow, K. (2021).
Charismatic Healers: Embodied Practices in US and Singaporean Megachurches. In D. Lüddeckens, P. Hetmanczyk, P. E. Klassen, & J. B. Stein (Eds.),
Routledge Handbook of Religion, Medicine, and Health (1 ed., pp. 215-228). (Routledge Handbooks in Religion). Routledge.
[DOI] [Portal] 2020
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Rakow, K. (2020).
Of Bogeymen and The Promises of The Past o How To Construct a Uniform Identity: A Response to Markus Davidsen.
NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion,
74(3), 253-262.
[DOI] [Repository] Rakow, K. (2020).
The Light of the World: Mediating Divine Presence Through Light and Sound in a Contemporary Megachurch.
Material Religion,
16(1), 84-107.
[DOI] [Repository] Rakow, K. (2020).
The Material Dimension of the Bible from Print to Digital Text. In T. R. Clark, & D. W. Clanton (Eds.),
The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and American Popular Culture (pp. 414-432). Oxford University Press.
[DOI] [Repository] 2019
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Rakow, K., & Bühler, S., (TRANS.) (2019). Weihnachten in der Orchard Road in Singapur: Wie das Geschenk Jesu Christi zwischen Gucci und Tiffany gefeiert wird. In M. Scheer, & P. E. Klassen (Eds.), Der Unterschied, den Weihnachten macht: Differenz und Zugehoerigkeit in multikulturellen Gesellschaften (pp. 253-281). tvv Tübinger Vereinigung für Volkskunde e.V..
Rakow, K., & Berg-Chan, E. (2019).
The transcultural dynamics of naming: The appropriation and contestation of “Evangelical” and “Pentecostal” as identity markers in local contexts.
PentecoStudies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, 99-110.
[DOI] Maltese, G., Bachmann, J.
, & Rakow, K. (2019).
Negotiating Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism: Global Entanglements, Identity Politics and the Future of Pentecostal Studies.
PentecoStudies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements,
18(1), 7-19.
[DOI] [Repository]Rakow, K. (2019).
Christmas on Orchard Road in Singapore: Celebrating the Gift of Jesus Christ Between Gucci and Tiffany. In M. Scheer, & P. Klassen (Eds.),
The Public Work of Christmas: Difference and Belonging in Multicultural Societies (pp. 212-239). (Advancing Studies in Religion Series). McGill-Queen’s University Press.
[DOI] [Repository] Populariserende publicaties
Rakow, K. (2019). Boeddhisme: Filosofie of religie? In J. Wagemakers, & L. van Liere (Eds.), Wie is er bang voor religie?: Waarom kennis van religie belangrijk is (pp. 229-234). Uitgeverij Parthenon.
Rakow, K. (2019). Geweld in naam van de Boeddha? In J. Wagemakers, & L. van Liere (Eds.), Wie is er bang voor religie?: Waarom kennis van religie belangrijk is (pp. 125-130). Uitgeverij Parthenon.
2017
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Rakow, K. (2017). The Bible in the Digital Age: Negotiating the Limits of ‘Bibleness’ of Different Bible Media. In M. Opas, & A. Haapalainen (Eds.), Christianity and the Limits of Materiality (1 ed., pp. 101-121). ( Bloomsbury Studies in Material Religion). Bloomsbury.
2016
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
König, D. G.
, & Rakow, K. (2016).
The Transcultural Approach Within a Disciplinary Framework: An Introduction.
Transcultural Studies,
2016(2), 89-100.
[DOI] [Repository]Berg, E.
, & Rakow, K. (2016).
Religious Studies and Transcultural Studies: Revealing a Cosmos Not Known Before? Transcultural Studies,
2016(2), 180-203.
[DOI] [Repository]2015
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Rakow, K. (2015).
Religious Branding and the Quest to Meet Consumer Needs: Joel Osteen’s ‘Message of Hope’. In J. Stievermann, P. Goff, & D. Junker (Eds.),
Religion and the Marketplace in the United States: New Perspectives and New Findings (pp. 215-239). Oxford University Press.
[DOI] Rakow, K. (2015).
Therapeutische Kultur und Sprachpraktiken als Medium der Subjektbildung: Das Thema Heilung in Diskurs und Praxis der Lakewood Church in Texas, USA. In G. Klinkhammer, & E. Tolksdorf (Eds.),
Somatisierung des Religiösen: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf den rezenten religiösen Heilungs- und Therapiemarkt (Vol. 7, pp. 49-96). (VIRR - Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Religionswissenschaft und Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Religionswissenschaft und Religionspädagogik; Vol. 7). Universität Bremen: Institut für Religionswissenschaft und Religionspädagogik.
http://elib.suub.uni-bremen.de/edocs/00104231-1.pdf [Repository] 2014
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
2013
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Rakow, K. (2013). Review: Donald S. Lopez (2011): The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Biography, Princeton University Press. Religion, 43(2), 297-300.
Rakow, K. (2013).
Therapeutic Culture and Religion in America.
Religion Compass,
7(11), 485-497.
[DOI] 2012
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Rakow, K., Prohl, I., & Beckerle, S. (2012). Neue Rituale des Trauerns und Bedauerns: Religiöse und spirituelle Praktiken im Umgang mit Sterben und Tod. In M. Anderheiden, & W. U. Eckart (Eds.), Handbuch Sterben und Menschenwürde (pp. 1417-1436). De Gruyter.
Rakow, K. (2012).
Kālacakra in Transition: From the Apocalypse to the Promotion of World Peace. In I. Keul (Ed.),
Transformation and Transfer of Tantra in Asia and Beyond (pp. 395-415). (Religion and Society; Vol. 52). De Gruyter.
[DOI] [Repository] 2011
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Rakow, K. (2011). ‘Take the un out of the undead!’: Zur diskursiven Konstruktion der Attribute ‘lebendig’, ‘tot’ und ‘untot’ in der amerikanischen Fernsehserie True Blood. In K. Rakow, N. Miczek, & G. Ahn (Eds.), Diesseits, Jenseits und Dazwischen?: Zur Transformation undKonstruktion von Sterben, Tod und Postmortalität (pp. 93-120). transcript Verlag.
Rakow, K. (2011). Die Transformation des Tibetischen Totenbuchs im 20. Jahrhundert. Vom Wandern durch die postmortalen Bardos zu einer Reise in die Räume des Bewusstseins. In K. Rakow, N. Miczek, & G. Ahn (Eds.), Diesseits, Jenseits und Dazwischen?: Zur Transformation undKonstruktion von Sterben, Tod und Postmortalität (pp. 175-202). transcript Verlag.
Rakow, K. (2011). Review: Steven J. Sutcliffe (2003): Children of the New Age: A History of Spiritual Practices, Routledge. Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review, 2(2), 426-430.
2008
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
2004
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Rakow, K. (2004). Neuere Entwicklungen in der Neuapostolischen Kirche: Eine Dokumentation des Öffnungsprozesses. Weissensee Verlag.