Émile Poulat (; June 13, 1920 – November 22, 2014), was until 1954 a Catholic priest, associated with the Prêtres Ouvriers movement, and thereafter a French

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and sociologist. Director of Studies at the

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, he was also director of research at

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and historian of the contemporary church. He was a founding member of the Group of Sociology of Religion, director and member of the editorial boards of several journals including ''Politica Hermetica''. His research concentrated on the conflict between Catholic and modern culture in the history of contemporary

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Main works

* ''Études sur la tradition française de l'Association ouvrière'', Éditions de Minuit, 1955. * ''Les cahiers manuscrits de Fourier'', Minuit, 1957. * ''Priests and Workers, An Anglo-French Discussion'', SCM Press, 1961. * ''Le journal d'un prêtre d'après-demain (1902–1903) de l'Abbé Calippe'',

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, 1961. * ''Histoire, dogme et critique de la crise moderniste'', Casterman, 1962, 1979;

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, 1996. * ''Naissance des prêtres ouvriers'', Casterman, 1965. * ''Intégrisme et catholicisme intégral'', Casterman, 1969. * ''Les "semences religieuses"'', Université Lyon-II, 1973. * ''Catholicisme, démocratie et socialisme'', Casterman, 1977. * ''Une Eglise ébranlée (1939–1978)'', Casterman, 1980. * ''Modernistica. Horizons, physionomies'', débats, Nouvelles Editions Latines, 1982. * ''Le catholicisme sous observation, entretiens avec Guy Lafon'', series ''Les Interviews'', Paris,

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, 1983. * ''Ère post-chrétienne'', Paris, Flammarion, 1994. * ''Histoire dogme et critique dans la crise moderniste. Suivi de La réflexion d'Alphonse Dupront'', 1962, Albin Michel, 1996. * ''

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, un passeur de frontières'', with Claude Ravelet,

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, 1997. * ''La solution laïque et ses problèmes'', Berg International, 1997. * ''Henri Desroche un passeur de frontière'', L'Harmattan, 1997. * ''Les Prêtres-Ouvriers'', Paris, Le Cerf editions, 1999. * ''L'université devant la mystique'', Salvator, 1999. * ''Deus ex-machina'', L'Âge d'Homme, 2002. * ''Notre laïcité publique'', Berg international, 2003. * ''Le christianisme à contre-histoire'', with Dominique Decherf,

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, 2003. * ''Les discriminations religieuses en France'', with Dominique Kounkou, Chrétiens Autrement, 2004. * ''La question religieuse et ses turbulences'', Paris, Berg international, 2005. * (dir.) ''1905-2005. Les enjeux de la laïcité'', with Alain Bondeelle, Jean Boussinesq,

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, Michel Morineau, Émile Poulat,

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, Joël Roman, Michel Tubiana, L'Harmattan, 2005. * ''Église contre bourgeoisie'', Paris, Berg International, 2006. * ''L'Antimaçonnisme catholique'', with

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, Paris, Berg international, 2006. * ''La Séparation et les églises de l'Ouest'', L'Harmattan, 2006. * ''Les diocésaines'', la Documentation française, 2007. * ''France chrétienne, France laïque'', with Danièle Masson, Desclée de Brouwer, 2008. * ''Aux carrefours statégiques de l'Église de France'', Berg International, 2009. * ''Scruter la loi de 1905, la République française et la Religion'', Fayard, 2010

References

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, Bulletin bibliographique 176 (octobre-décembre 2016), p. 17-97 {{DEFAULTSORT:Poulat, Emile 1920 births 2014 deaths French sociologists 20th-century French historians Historians of the Catholic Church French male writers 21st-century French historians