Summary
Henri Desroche (French: [deʁɔʃ]; 12 April 1914 – 1 June 1994) was a French sociologist. His writings center on the sociology of religion and cooperative systems and movements. He was a priest in the Dominican Order.[1]
Life edit
Henri Desroche was born 12 April 1914 in Roanne, France. He attended the Collège Saint-Pierre of Villemontais before entering the seminary in the diocese of Lyon. He joined the Dominicans in Angers in October 1934. There he took the name of Henri-Charles and added the "s" to his name, becoming Henri-Charles Desroches. He completed his theological studies in Chambery and was ordained a priest in Annecy in July 1936. On September 30, 1977 Desroche received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Theology at Uppsala University, Sweden.[2]
Works by Desroche edit
- The American Shakers: From Neo-Christianity to Presocialism (1971)
- Jacob and the Angel: An Essay in Sociologies of Religion (1973) (Trans. of Sociologies religieuses [1968])
- The Sociology of Hope (1979)
Notes edit
- ^ Cipriani (2000): pp. 150-151.
- ^ "Honorary doctorates - Uppsala University, Sweden".
References edit
- Cipriani, Roberto (2000). Sociology of Religion: An Historical Introduction. New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 0-202-30592-9.
External links edit
- "Desroche, Henri" at Hartford Institute for Religion Research, (Hartford Seminary).
- (in French) "Henri Desroche (1914-1994)" at Cahiers d'Études Bastidiennes.
- ""Henri Desroche (1914-1994)"" (PDF) (in French). (258 KB) by Cercle Condorcet de Roanne.