Jean-Paul Willaime
Encyclopedia
Jean-Paul Willaime is a French sociologist specialized in contemporary Protestantism
, Christian ecumenism, Secularism and religions, theories and methods in the sociology of religions.
. He is the Director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études
(EPHE, Religious Studies section), is owner since 1992 of the studies management "History and Sociology of Protestantism" at the Sorbonne
. He is also Director of the Institut européen en sciences des religions (Paris), member of the Groupe Société, Religions, Laïcités (GSRL), and since 2007 President of the Société internationale de sociologie des religions. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Archives de sciences sociales des religions (Paris), Social Compass (Louvain) and the Journal of Contemporary Religion (London). He developed the theory of ultramodernism around the issue of practices of secularism
in France and Europe. He was awarded the Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
.
Protestantism
Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...
, Christian ecumenism, Secularism and religions, theories and methods in the sociology of religions.
Cursus
Jean-Paul Willaime obtained a PhD in religious science (1975) and in sociology (1984) in the University of StrasbourgUniversity of Strasbourg
The University of Strasbourg in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, is the largest university in France, with about 43,000 students and over 4,000 researchers....
. He is the Director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études
École pratique des hautes études
The École pratique des hautes études is a Grand Établissement in Paris, France. It is counted among France's most prestigious research and higher education institutions....
(EPHE, Religious Studies section), is owner since 1992 of the studies management "History and Sociology of Protestantism" at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
. He is also Director of the Institut européen en sciences des religions (Paris), member of the Groupe Société, Religions, Laïcités (GSRL), and since 2007 President of the Société internationale de sociologie des religions. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Archives de sciences sociales des religions (Paris), Social Compass (Louvain) and the Journal of Contemporary Religion (London). He developed the theory of ultramodernism around the issue of practices of secularism
Secularism
Secularism is the principle of separation between government institutions and the persons mandated to represent the State from religious institutions and religious dignitaries...
in France and Europe. He was awarded the Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
Légion d'honneur
The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
.
Main works
Books- Profession : pasteur. Sociologie de la condition du clerc à la fin du XXe siècle, Genève, Labor et Fides, 1986.
- La précarité protestante. Sociologie du protestantisme contemporain, Genève, Labor et Fides, 1992.
- Sociologie des Religions, Paris, PUF, 2005, 3rd ed.
- Sociologies et religion. Approches classiques (with Danièle Hervieu-LégerDanièle Hervieu-LégerDanièle Hervieu-Leger is a French sociologist specialized in the sociology of religion.-Biography:A graduate of the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris and a doctorate in sociology, she is also editor of the journal Archives des sciences sociales de la religion.She was a researcher at the...
), Paris, PUF, 2001. - Les mutations contemporaines du religieux (codirected with Jean-Robert Armogathe), Turnhout, Brepols, 2003.
- Europe et religions. Les enjeux du XXIe siècle, Paris, Fayard, 2004.
- Sociologie du protestantisme, Paris, PUF, 2005.
- Des maîtres et des dieux. Écoles et religions en Europe (with Séverine Mathieu), Paris, Belin, 2005.
- Religion and Education in Europe. Developments, Contexts and Debates (ed. with Robert Jackson, Siebren Miedema, Wolfram Weisse), Münster/New-York/München/Berlin, Waxmann, 2007.
- Enseigner les faits religieux, quels enjeux ? (ed. with Dominique Borne), Paris, Armand Colin, 2007.
- Le retour du religieux dans la sphère publique. Vers une laïcité de reconnaissance et de dialogue, Lyon, Editions Olivétan, 2008.
- Religionskontroversen in Frankreich und Deutschland, Matthias Koenig/Jean-Paul Willaime Hg., Hamburg, Hamburger Edition, 2008.
- Lumières, Religions, Laïcité (under the direction of Louis Châtellier, Claude Langlois and Jean-Paul Willaime), Paris, Riveneuve éditions, 2009.
- Les jeunes, l'école et la religion (under the direction of Céline Béraud and Jean-Paul Willaime), Paris, Bayard, 2009.
- Pluralisme religieux et citoyenneté (under the direction Micheline Milot, Philippe Portier and Jean-Paul Willaime), Rennes, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2010.