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Adam Possamai

Adam Possamai is a Belgian-Australian sociologist and novelist based in Sydney, Australia. He is the Deputy Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Western Sydney University, the International Secretary for the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, and a Professor of Sociology. As of 2025, Possamai has authored 16 academic books and over 100 journal articles and book chapters in the field of sociology, along with 6 fiction novels. He is renowned internationally for his work on religion, popular culture, social theory, Australian Aboriginal Peoples, and Muslim laws.

Possamai is a Past President of the Australian Association for the Study of Religion (2003-2005). He was the 2002-2007 co-editor of the Journal for the Academic Study of Religion (then known as the Australian Religion Studies Review) and is the former President of the sociology of religion section (RC22) of the International Sociological Association (2010-2014).

A sociologist of religion, his research has focused on the interrelation between migrants and New Religious Movements, the impact of consumer and popular culture on religion, contemporary Indigenous religions, Muslim communities in secular societies, and creative works with religious themes.

He is married to sociologist Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, and lives in the south-western suburbs of Sydney with his family. Provided by Wikipedia