French sociologist

Olivier Bobineau (born 6 March 1972, La Roche-sur-Yon) is a French sociologist specialized in the sociology of religion.

He teaches sociology at the Ins*ut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, the Ins*ut Catholique de Paris and the École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales, he is also Director of the Ins*ut 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 Bible and sociology through a priest, and attended lectures in IEP-Bordeaux. For a while he was active in the Socialist Party. 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 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 Satanists are just a few hundred in France and they pose no danger. He also made public statements about the burqa and Islam.

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 ins*ution 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