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Bryan R. Wilson: hommage au spécialiste des sectes de terrain protestant

Jean Séguy

Directeur de recherche honoraire au CNRS

English

This homage outlines Bryan Wilson ’s career as a researcher and teacher. It recalls his numerous publications, starting with his doctoral thesis, Sects and Society, which has become indispensable for the study of both the Protestant sects and new religious movements (NRMs). His work was based upon reliable data, a rigorous comparative methodology, and a vast knowledge of the available studies of sectarian groups. One of the outcomes of this "science of sects" was the publication, in 1970, of Religious Sects in which Bryan Wilson expounded his typology. Bryan Wilson liked sectarians as people who have the courage to live according to what they believe to be God ’s will for them; our friend used to help them when they were having problems with the British courts.

French

Cet hommage retrace la carrière de chercheur et d'enseignant de Bryan Wilson. Il évoque ses nombreuses publications et tout d'abord sa thèse de doctorat, Sects and Society, ouvrage incontournable pour l'étude des sectes de terrain protestant et des nouveaux mouvements religieux (NMR). Ses travaux s'appuient sur une information fiable, une méthodologie comparative rigoureuse et une vaste connaissance de l'ensemble des travaux existants sur les groupes sectaires. C'est cette science de la matière sectaire qui rend possible, en 1970, la publication de Religious Sects, ouvrage dans lequel B. Wilson développe sa typologie. Bryan Wilson aimait les membres des sectes qu'il voyait comme des gens qui avaient le courage de vivre selon ce qu'ils tenaient pour la volonté de Dieu; il apporta même son aide à des sectaires en difficulté avec les tribunaux britanniques.

Key Words: religion • sect • typology

Social Compass, Vol. 53, No. 2, 133-139 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0037768606064281


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