Henri Desroche

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]

Henri Desroche, 1990.

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 of Theology at Uppsala University, Sweden.[2]

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)

Notes
  1. Cipriani (2000): pp. 150-151.
  2. http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/traditions/prizes/honorary-doctorates/

References
  • Cipriani, Roberto (2000). Sociology of Religion: An Historical Introduction. New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 0-202-30592-9.


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