Bruno Étienne (born in 1937 in

La Tronche La Tronche () is a commune in the Isère department, Southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).

Isère Isère ( , ; ; , ) is a landlocked Departments of France, department in the southeastern French Regions of France, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère (river), Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.

, died in

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence, or simply Aix, is a List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, city and Communes of France, commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the Subprefectures in France, s ...

on 4 March 2009 after a

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...

) was a French sociologist,

freemason Freemasonry (sometimes spelled Free-Masonry) consists of fraternal groups that trace their origins to the medieval guilds of stonemasons. Freemasonry is the oldest secular fraternity in the world and among the oldest still-existing organizati ...

and a

political analyst Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and law ...

. He was a specialist of

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

and

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, society, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans. Social anthropology studies patterns of behav ...

of the religious and masonic fact.

Biography

Youth and Education

He graduated in

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

-language and

political sciences Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and ...

at the

Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence, or simply Aix, is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the subprefecture of the arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence, in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, in the ...

and the University of

Tunis Tunis (, ') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. , it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb region (after Casabl ...

. Bruno Étienne was a researcher in

Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...

and was a teacher at the ENA-Algiers, at the law faculty of Algiers and the universities of

Casablanca Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...

and Marmara. He was also director of researches at the

CNRS The French National Centre for Scientific Research (, , CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 staff, including 11,137 tenured researchers, 13,415 eng ...

. Teacher at the Institut d'études politiques d'

, he was the founder and was director until 2006 of the Observatoire du religieux. Bruno Étienne was also member of the

Institut universitaire de France The Institut Universitaire de France (IUF, Academic Institute of France), is a service of the French Ministry of Higher Education that annually distinguishes a small number of university professors for their research excellence, as evidenced by t ...

. Bruno Étienne was the founder of a school of researchers in

including

Raphaël Liogier Raphaël Liogier (born in 1967) is a French sociologist and philosopher. He received his PhD in social sciences at the University Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille) in France, where he also received master's degrees in public law and in political sci ...

Jocelyne Cesari Jocelyne Cesari (born 1962) is a French political scientist and Islamic studies scholar who is tenured at the French National Center for Scientific Research in Paris. Her works focus on religion and international relations, Islam and globalization ...

and Frank Fregosi.

Gilles Kepel Gilles Kepel, (born June 30, 1955) is a French political scientist and Arabist, specialized in the contemporary Middle East and Muslims in the West. He was Professor at Sciences Po Paris, the Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) and direc ...

was also under his influence. He was member of the

Grand Orient de France The Grand Orient de France (, abbr. GODF) is the oldest and largest of several Freemasonic organizations based in France and is the oldest in Continental Europe (as it was formed out of an older Grand Lodge of France in 1773, and briefly absorbe ...

and was a chevalier of the

Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

Publications

; By Bruno Étienne *''L'islamisme radical'', Paris, LGF, 1989. *''La France et l'islam'', Paris, Hachette, 1989. *''Abdelkader'', Paris, Hachette, 1994. *''Une grenade entrouverte'', La Tour d'Aigue, Aube ed., 1999. *''L'Islam en France'', Paris, CNRS Editions, 2000. *''Ils ont rasé la Mésopotamie : du droit de coloniser au devoir d'ingérence'', Paris, Eshel, 2000. *''Les amants de l'apocalypse'', La Tour d'Aigue, Aube ed., 2002. *''L'Initiation'', Paris, Dervy, 2002. *''La France face aux sectes'', Paris, Hachette, 2002. *''Islam, les questions qui fâchent'', Paris, Bayard, 2003. *''Abd el-Kader : Le Magnanime'' (with François Pouillon), Paris, Gallimard, coll. "

Découvertes Gallimard (, ; in United Kingdom: ''New Horizons'', in United States: ''Abrams Discoveries'') is an Collection (publishing), editorial collection of Book illustration, illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in Pocket edition, ...

" (n° 431), 2003. *''La voie de la main nue : Initiation et karaté-do'', Paris, Dervy, 2004. *''Être bouddhiste en France aujourd'hui'' (with

), Paris, Hachette, 2004. *''Heureux comme Dieu en France ? : La République face aux religions'', Paris, Bayard, 2005. *''Pour retrouver la parole : Le retour des frères'' (with Alain Bauer,

Roger Dachez Roger Dachez (born in 1955) is a professor at the Paris Cité University and president of the Jean-Alfred Fournier Institute in Paris. He is a physician, an historian and a freemason. Main publications He is the author of numerous research art ...

and

Michel Maffesoli Michel Maffesoli (born 14 November 1944) is a French sociologist. He is a former pupil of Gilbert Durand and Julien Freund, and an emeritus professor at Paris Descartes University. His work touches upon the issue of community links and the pre ...

), La Table Ronde, 2006. *''La spiritualité maçonnique : Pour redonner du sens à la vie'', Paris, Dervy, 2006. * Une voie pour l'occident'', Dervy 2000''

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