Henri Desroche (; 12 April 19141 June 1994) was a French sociologist. His writings center on the

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and

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systems and movements. He was a

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in the

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Life

Henri Desroche was born 12 April 1914 in Roanne, France. He attended the Collège Saint-Pierre of Villemontais before entering the seminary in the diocese of Lyon. He joined the Dominicans in Angers in October 1934. There he took the name of Henri-Charles and added the "s" to his name, becoming Henri-Charles Desroches. He completed his theological studies in Chambery and was ordained a priest in Annecy in July 1936. On September 30, 1977 Desroche received an

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from the Faculty of Theology at

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, Sweden.

Works by Desroche

* ''The American Shakers: From Neo-Christianity to Presocialism'' (1971) * ''Jacob and the Angel: An Essay in Sociologies of Religion'' (1973) (Trans. of ''Sociologies religieuses''

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* ''The Sociology of Hope'' (1979)

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"Henri Desroche (1914-1994)"
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