Dr. Moritz Maurer

moritz.maurer@univie.ac.at

FWF Fellow (2025–2028) at the Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Catholic Theology

Profilpage University of Vienna

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Teaching (u:find)

Research Areas:

• Late antique Iranian religious history, especially Manichaean and Zoroastrian Middle Iranian texts
• Traditionalism
• Esotericism and alternative religious movements
• Intersections of religion with right-wing extremism and conspiracy ideologies (e.g., QAnon, conspirituality, meme cultures)
• History of free religious groups in German-speaking countries