Olivier Bobineau (born 6 March 1972,

La Roche-sur-Yon La Roche-sur-Yon () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is the capital of the department. The demonym for its inhabitants is ''Yonnais''. History The town expanded significantly after Napo ...

) is a French sociologist specialized in the sociology of religion. He teaches sociology at the

Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , accreditation ...

, the

Institut Catholique de Paris The Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP), known in English as the Catholic University of Paris (and in Latin as ''Universitas catholica Parisiensis''), is a private university located in Paris, France. History: 1875–present The Institut Catholiq ...

and the

École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales The École Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (more commonly ESSEC Business School or ESSEC) is a major French business and management school, with non-profit association status (French association law of 1901) founded in 1907 ...

, he is also Director of the Institut du sens politique. In January 2006, he became scientific collaborator of the officer of the Central Bureau of Religious Affairs, Ministry of Interior. When he was a teenager, he discovered the

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and sociology through a

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...

, and attended lectures in IEP-Bordeaux. For a while he was active in the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

. Then he became agrégé of economic and social sciences and earned a PhD in sociology of religion at IEP-Paris. Bobineau criticized the work of the

MIVILUDES The MIVILUDES (''Mission interministérielle de vigilance et de lutte contre les dérives sectaires''; Interministerial Mission of Vigilance and Combat against Sectarian Drifts) is a French government agency, created by presidential decree in 2 ...

on cults. His book ''Le satanisme. Quel Danger pour la société ?'' raised some controversy since it contradicted the observations made by the MIVILUDES (for which he was scientific advisor in 2005), claiming that

Satanist Satanism is a group of ideological and philosophical beliefs based on Satan. Contemporary religious practice of Satanism began with the founding of the atheistic Church of Satan by Anton LaVey in the United States in 1966, although a few h ...

s are just a few hundred in France and they pose no danger. He also made public statements about the

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and

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

Bibliography

* ''Le religieux et le politique, douze réponses de Marcel Gauchet'', Desclée de Brower editions, 2010 * ''La coresponsabilité dans l'Église, utopie ou réalisme'', Desclée de Brower editions, 2010 * ''Les formes élémentaires de l'engagement, une anthropologie du sens'', Temps Présent edition, 2010 * ''Balayer la paroisse ? Une institution catholique qui traverse le temps'', Desclée de Brower editions, 2010 * ''Dieu et César, séparés pour coopérer?'', Desclée de Brower editions, 2010 * ''Former les imams pour la République: L'exemple français'', CNRS editions, 2010 * ''Le satanisme. Quel danger pour la société?'', Flammarion-Pygmalion, 2008 * ''Sociologie des religions, with Sébastien Tank-Storper'', Armand Colin, 2007 * ''Dieu change en paroisse: Une comparaison Franco-Allemande'', Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2005

References

External links

Official site
1972 births Living people French sociologists Sociologists of religion People from La Roche-sur-Yon French male writers {{reli-sociologist-stub