Nathalie Luca
Encyclopedia
Nathalie Luca is a French
researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), an anthropologist and a sociologist of religions. She is chargé of research at the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Religious Facts of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales
.
She was a member of the Mission interministérielle de vigilance et de lutte contre les dérives sectaires (MIVILUDES
) until November 2005. She resigned on the ground that she refused to participate in a predictable hardening of policy of this organization.
As a sociologist of religion, she studied a Korean movement, the Church of the Providence.
She wrote many books on cult
s and is regularly interviewed in the media, and by anti-cult organizations on this issue. She said she is not in favour of the establishment of a list of cults.
France
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researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), an anthropologist and a sociologist of religions. She is chargé of research at the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Religious Facts of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
The École des hautes études en sciences sociales is a leading French institution for research and higher education, a Grand Établissement. Its mission is research and research training in the social sciences, including the relationship these latter maintain with the natural and life sciences...
.
She was a member of the Mission interministérielle de vigilance et de lutte contre les dérives sectaires (MIVILUDES
MIVILUDES
MIVILUDES , a French government agency, has the task of:* observing and analyzing movements perceived as constituting a threat to public order or that violate French law*...
) until November 2005. She resigned on the ground that she refused to participate in a predictable hardening of policy of this organization.
As a sociologist of religion, she studied a Korean movement, the Church of the Providence.
She wrote many books on cult
Cult
The word cult in current popular usage usually refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre. The word originally denoted a system of ritual practices...
s and is regularly interviewed in the media, and by anti-cult organizations on this issue. She said she is not in favour of the establishment of a list of cults.