Jean-Pierre Chantin (born 1961) is a French
historian of religion and author, associated with the
University of Lyon
The University of Lyon ( , or UdL) is a university system ( ''ComUE'') based in Lyon, France. It comprises 12 members and 9 associated institutions. The 3 main constituent universities in this center are: Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, which f ...
. He specializes in the history of religion in France, including the
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
and the role of
new religious movements
A new religious movement (NRM), also known as a new religion, is a religious or spiritual group that has modern origins and is peripheral to its society's dominant religious culture. NRMs can be novel in origin, or they can be part of a wider re ...
. He has published and edited several books on the topic of religion and NRMs.
Early life and education
He gained his PhD from the
University of Lyon III in 1994.
Works
He specialized in the history of religion in France, including the
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
and the role of
new religious movements
A new religious movement (NRM), also known as a new religion, is a religious or spiritual group that has modern origins and is peripheral to its society's dominant religious culture. NRMs can be novel in origin, or they can be part of a wider re ...
.
In 1998 his study of
Jansenism
Jansenism was a 17th- and 18th-century Christian theology, theological movement within Roman Catholicism, primarily active in Kingdom of France, France, which arose as an attempt to reconcile the theological concepts of Free will in theology, f ...
was published by the University of Lyon. In 2001 he was the chief editor of the
Dictionnaire du monde religieux dans la France contemporaine
''Dictionnaire du monde religieux dans la France contemporaine'' is a French series of reference books about religion in France. Starting in 1985, it has had twelve volumes. The series has received a positive academic reception.
Content
Each ...
2001 volume, ''
Les Marges du christianisme'', published by . In 2004 he published a 157-page study on French
sects
A sect is a subgroup of a religion, religious, politics, political, or philosophy, philosophical belief system, typically emerging as an offshoot of a larger organization. Originally, the term referred specifically to religious groups that had s ...
from 1905 to 2000, asking: "disputes or religious innovations?" and in 2010 about "The French certified diet", Editions Beauchesne (director of collection Bibliothèque Beauchesne).
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Living people
1961 births
French historians of religion
Researchers of new religious movements and cults
French male non-fiction writers