Jean-Paul Willaime
sociologist
Jean-Paul Willaime is a doctor of religious sciences (1975) and a doctor of sociology (1984) from the University of Strasbourg.Born in 1947 in Charleville, Jean-Paul Willaime is director of studies at the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE, section of religious sciences). Since 1992, he has directed the studies «History and sociology of protestantisms» at the Sorbonne. He holds a doctorate in religious sciences (1975) and sociology (1984) from the University of Strasbourg, and is also director of the European Institute of Religious Sciences (EPHE, Paris). Member of the Society, Religions, Laïcités (GSRL) Group and, since 2007, President of the International Society of Sociology of Religions, Jean-Paul Willaime is, among others, specialized in contemporary Protestantism, Christian ecumenism, secularism and religion, as well as theories and methods in the sociology of religions.