Jean Baubérot

Who is Jean Baubérot?

Jean Baubérot, is a French historian and sociologist specialist in sociology of religions and founder of the sociology of secularism.

After holding the chair of "History and Sociology of Protestantism", he held the chair of "History and Sociology of secularism " at the École pratique des hautes études which he was the honorary president. He wrote twenty books, including a historical novel. He is coauthor of Déclaration internationale sur la laïcité signed by 250 scholars from 30 countries.