The European Trends

Emile Poulat is one of the few French sociologists of religion sufficiently known throughout the world. He can be considered one of the most important contributors to the Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions if for no other reason than his detailed reviews of books and for his collaboration in the publication of the journal as well as being a member of its reading committee. The Ecclesiosphere is for Poulat a "sphere of influence of the Roman Catholic Church that forces the other spheres but also other countries to come to terms with it." As is perhaps to be expected, Poulat centers his attention on France. A similar question concerns religion in Europe, which cannot only be a domain reserved to the churches. It is, in fact, also a question of the state, of the European states, although they conceive of themselves as being liberal and lay.

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