Facing experts

Olivier Bobineau (sociologist) during the TV show « Ce soir ou jamais » (Tonight or never) on May 28, 2009 reminded us that the term “cult” has no legal existence. He then indicated that MIVILUDES confirmed that these words should be...

Conference proceedings (by Dominique Georges Luc MAGUIN)   Anne MORELLI is internationally renowned and specialized in the history of religions and minorities. She will make a presentation, the result of several years of research in collaboration with her students. Before starting...

On September 10, 2014 in Brussels, in the magnificent premises of the Scientology, a conference was held by Anne Morelli, a famous historian specialized in the history of religions. She wrote notably the book « Open letter to the cult...

Note: Michel Houellebecq is not an “expert on new religions” in the academic understanding, but he is known to be a writer who informs and documents himself in depth on the topics he deals with in his writings. In...

François-Xavier Bauduin, a French sociologist wrote an article on July 12, 2015 in the magazine “l’OBS le plus”, entitled « “Dieudonné, new “honorary guide” by Rael : this is obvious. They have a lot in common. ». This article describes...

Responsible for the association "Aid663840_backdrop_scale short to sectarian victims", Claire-Lise Hoehn attended a Raelian Awakening workshop in Salquenen (Switzerland) in August 1997.. This is part of his neutral approach to better know the groups often incognito. Not judging philosophical ideologies,...

Bernadette Rigal-Cellard Professor of North American Studies, emeritus, Specialist of minority religions Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France https://climas.u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr/membres/24-rigal-cellard-bernadette-pr-litterature-et-civilisation-nord-americaines Download the study by Bernadette Rigal Cellard

Here is his complete testimony of November 3rd, 2014: I am a historian of religions, a professor at the University of Brussels (ULB), where I gave particular courses on "Sociology of Religion" and "History of Contemporary Christianity." Until October 2013 I...

A positive chapter on the Raelians, in the book « Pour en finir avec les sectes ». See on the website  

Alain Bouchard, sociologist of religions, excerpts from his study, April 9th, 2010. Defining religion is to bring order in the broad field of social phenomena. To be operational, a definition must define the scope it wants to describe. It must...