Raphaël Liogier

Raphaël Liogier is a French sociologist. He is the director of the Observatoire du religieux^[1] and a professor at the Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence and the Institut de management public et de gouvernance territoriale.

He co-authored several articles on the theme of religion.^[2]

Liogier wrote his thesis on Buddhism under the direction of Bruno Étienne, a professor at the Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence, and has among other things published a book on secularism in 2006. He works particularly on the issues related to Islam and cults^[3] and wrote many articles on religious topics including Pentecostalism,^[4] Catholicism^[5] and Soka Gakkai.^[6] He also criticizes the work made by MIVILUDES.^[7]

Bibliography by Liogier

• Une laïcité "légitime", la France et ses religions d'État, Médicis Entrelas, March 2006
• Être bouddhiste en France aujourd'hui (with Bruno Étienne), Paris, Hachette, 2004
• Géopolitique du christianisme (with Blandine Chelini-Pont), Ellipses, 2003
• Le Bouddhisme mondialisé, Ellipses, 2003

References

1. "Wotld Religion Watch". World Religion Watch. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
2. "Enseignants-chercheurs — Rahpaël Liogier" (in French). Observatoire du Religieux. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
3. "L'interview de Raphaël Liogier par le CICNS" (in French). Sectes-Infos. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
4. "Les missionnaires de l'Amérique" (in French). Le Nouvel Observateur. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
5. "L’Eglise catholique peut-elle encore changer ?" (in French). La Pensée du Midi. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
6. "Le bouddhisme mondialisé. Une perspective sociologique sur la globalisation du religieux" (PDF) (in French). Histoire sociale. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
7. Raphaël Liogier, "Révolution culturelle dans la lutte antisectes", Le Monde, 4 March 2008

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