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French sociologist
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Roanne, France
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Villejuif, France
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79 years
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Henri Desroche ([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.
Life
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 ofTheologyat Uppsala University, Sweden.
Works by Desroche
- 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)
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Notable French Sociologists
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1900 to 1929
Notable French Religious scholars
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1900 to 1929
Notable French Theologians
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1900 to 1929
Notable French Philosophers
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Notable French Professors
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Notable French Educators
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