| Editor | Jean-Pierre Chantin |
|---|---|
| Language | French |
| Series | Dictionnaire du monde religieux dans la France contemporaine |
| Subject | Cults, western esotericism |
| Publisher | Éditions Beauchesne |
Publication date | 2001 |
| Media type | Encyclopedic dictionary |
| Pages | 279 |
| ISBN | 2-7010-1418-2 |
| OCLC | 48745879 |
Les Marges du christianisme: « Sectes », dissidences, ésotérisme is an encyclopedic dictionary of religion edited by Jean-Pierre Chantin. The tenth volume of the Dictionnaire du monde religieux dans la France contemporaine reference book series, it was published in 2001 by Éditions Beauchesne. This volume focuses on marginal and dissident aspects of Christianity, including cults, esoteric groups, and millennialist movements.
It received a positive critical reception. Reviewers noted its inclusion of less known figures and praised its introduction and neutral tone. One reviewer criticized the idea behind the volume itself, that of the "margins".
Contents
editThe dictionary contains 188 entries written by 41 contributors.[1][2] The volume's introduction, written by several authors in several sections
margins
Jacques Maitre
Contributors
edit- Paul Airiau
- Arnaud Baubérot
- Christophe Beaufils
- Marc Beret-Allemand
- Christine Bergé
- Bernard Blandre
- Christophe Boudereaux
- Joachim Bouflet
- Philippe Boutry
- Jean-Pierre Brach
- Patrick Cabanel
- Serge Caillet
- Christian Chanel
- Jean-Pierre Chantin
- Pierre Colin
- Antoine Delestre
- Régis Dericquebourg
- Nicole Edelman
- Jean-Christophe Faure
- Vincent Gaussel-Maroix
- Massimo Introvigne
- Guy Janssen
- Régis Ladous
- Augustin Laffay
- Jacqueline Lalouette
- François Laplanche
- Evelyn Latour
- Jean-Pierre Laurant
- Patrick Lequet
- David Mac-Cready
- Bernard Magnouloux
- Jean-François Mayer
- Michel Mendez
- Xavier de Montclos
- Hilaire Multon
- Luc Perrin
- Émile Poulat
- Jérôme Rousse-Lacordaire
- Yvon Tranvouez
- Robert Vanloo
- Bernard Vignot
Publication
editThe work was published in 2001 by Éditions Beauchesne.[3] It is the tenth volume of the Dictionnaire du monde religieux dans la France contemporaine, a series which focuses on religious aspects.[4] It was edited by Jean-Pierre Chantin, who had previously written his thesis on the Jansenists.[2] Chantin had studied at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3.[1]
Reception
editLes Marges du christianisme received a positive critical response.[1][2][4] Jean Séguy, writing for the Archives de sciences sociales des religions, described it as a "pioneering work" that opened up new avenues,[1] while Denis Pelletier described it as an "invaluable tool".[2] Pierre-Yves Kirschleger said it was a "balanced title".[4] Bernard Joassart praised the volume's comprehensiveness, including figures he considered as "serious" as well as genuinely marginal or dangerous figures,[5] though Séguy argued that those included in the volume has "links with one another [that are] difficult for the present compiler to grasp".[1]
Joassart said the book was not only aimed at researchers, but that it would also be useful to Christians trying to "grasp realities that any Christian may encounter" that were initially difficult to comprehend. He praised the book as valuable due to its tone, lacking irony or mockery of the groups discussed.[5] Pelletier called the concept at the root of the volume "problematic". He said that while using the marginality of the contents to define it helped it to escape the typical "monolithism" of French religiosity, by defining the content as being at the margins it paradoxically only further centered Catholicism.[2]
Several reviewers praised the introduction.[4] Pelletier said the introduction was Chantin giving "ample space to some of the specialists he has surrounded himself with."[2] Séguy singled out
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Séguy, Jean (1 April 2003). "Jean-Pierre Chantin, Les Marges du christianisme. « Sectes », dissidences, ésotérisme: Paris, Beauchesne, 2001, LII-279 p. (coll. « Dictionnaire du monde religieux dans la France contemporaine », 10)". Archives de sciences sociales des religions (122): 59–157. doi:10.4000/assr.1362. ISSN 0335-5985.
- ^ a b c d e f Pelletier, Denis (2003). "Review of Les marges du christianisme. "Sectes", dissidences, ésotérisme. Dictionnaire du monde religieux dans la France contemporaine, Vol. 10". Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire (77): 141–142. doi:10.2307/3772246. ISSN 0294-1759. JSTOR 3772246.
- ^ "10 - LES MARGES DU CHRISTIANISME : "SECTES", DISSIDENCES ET ÉSOTERISME, Editions BEAUCHESNE". Éditions Beauchesne (in French). Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d Kirschleger, Pierre-Yves (2002). "Jean-Pierre Chantin (dir.), Les marges du christianisme. «Sectes», dissidences, ésotérisme, (Dictionnaire du monde religieux dans la France contemporaine 10), Paris : Beauchesne, 2001". Études théologiques et religieuses. 77 (4): 605. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via Persée.
- ^ a b Joassart, Bernard (April–June 2002). "Les marges du christianisme. «Sectes», dissidences, ésotérisme, éd. J.-P. Chantin". Nouvelle Revue Théologique. 124 (2). Retrieved 9 August 2024.