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Director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Sorbonne) and Sciences-Po Paris, author of La Religion dans la France contemporaine (Armand Colin, 2021), among other works, this autumn he publishes, with Charles Mercier, Les Jeunes et leur Laïcité (Presses de Sciences Po). PHOTO : FRÉDÉRIC ALBERT
Latest publication
Society
Does France have a problem with religion?
- By Philippe Portier,
- Nathalie Wolff,
- Interview conducted by Béatrice Kammerer
In L'école des parents (2025/4 N° 657)
Most viewed articles
Political parties and religions: Between the sacralization of politics and the secularization of religion
In Revue internationale de politique comparée (2021/1 Vol. 28)
The religious/secular divide in contemporary France
A critique of the polarization paradigm
In L’Année sociologique (2021/2 Vol. 71)
The status of secularism in France
- Interview with Philippe Portier
In Les Cahiers de la Justice (2018/3 No 3)
Democracy and Religions: Jürgen Habermas’s Contribution
In Revue d’éthique et de théologie morale (2013/4 No 277)
Religious thought and social sciences in the post-secular era
Analysis based on a sociological ‘grand narrative’
In Recherches de Science Religieuse (2025/3)
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Articles
Society
Does France have a problem with religion?
- By Philippe Portier,
- Nathalie Wolff,
- Interview conducted by Béatrice Kammerer
In L'école des parents (2025/4 N° 657)
Introduction
- By Vincent Genin
- and Philippe Portier
In Les Études Sociales (2025/1 n° 181)
Religious thought and social sciences in the post-secular era
Analysis based on a sociological ‘grand narrative’
In Recherches de Science Religieuse (2025/3)
From belonging to identity. The hesitations of contemporary Catholicism
In Recherches de Science Religieuse (2024/3 Volume 112)
Secularism and Religious Freedom in the Discourse of the French Episcopate (19th-21st centuries)
In Communio (2023/3 No 287-288)
Theological truth and religious plurality
Revisiting the Western construction of pluralism
In Extrême-Orient Extrême-Occident (2022/1 No 45)
Political parties and religions: Between the sacralization of politics and the secularization of religion
In Revue internationale de politique comparée (2021/1 Vol. 28)
The religious/secular divide in contemporary France
A critique of the polarization paradigm
In L’Année sociologique (2021/2 Vol. 71)
Jean Baubérot, La loi de 1905 n’aura pas lieu. Histoire politique des séparations des Églises et de l’État (1902-1908). Tome 1 : L’impossible “loi de liberté” (1902-1905)
With Dorra Mameri-Chaambi, Paris, Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme, 2019, 430 p.
In Archives de sciences sociales des religions (2020/5 No 192)
French secularism: A situation of metamorphosis
- By Jean Baudouin
- and Philippe Portier
In Vie sociale (2018/1 No 21)
French secularism’s inclination toward identity. Looking back at a controversy (1988-2018)
In Vie sociale (2018/1 No 21)
The "secular moment" in the Work of Émile Poulat
In Archives de sciences sociales des religions (2016/4 No 176)
Philosophy, Politics and Religion
An Exploration of Contemporary Paradigms
In Archives de sciences sociales des religions (2015/1 No 169)
Introduction – The believer, the fighter, the scholar: Reassessing the role of religion in international relations
- By Philippe Portier
- and Frédéric Ramel
In Les Champs de Mars (2015/1 No 26)
From Civil Marriage to "Marriage for Everyone". Secularization of the Law and Catholic Rallying
- By Philippe Portier,
- Irène Théry,
- Debate Led by Céline Béraud,
- et al.
In Sociologie (2015/1 Vol. 6)
The Episcopate in the Space of French Politics
In Projet (2014/5 No 342)
Democracy and Religions: Jürgen Habermas’s Contribution
In Revue d’éthique et de théologie morale (2013/4 No 277)
Liberal Modernity under Theoretical Scrutiny
In Revue française de science politique (2009/4 Vol. 59)
Back to Nicolas Sarkozy’s “Positive City”
Neoclericalism or Ultramodernity?
In Esprit (2008/5 May)
Pope John Paul II and Europe: An Interview with Philippe Portier
In Esprit (2007/3 March April)
The Catholic Church and the French Model of Secularity
In Archives de sciences sociales des religions (2005/1 No 129)
The Three Ages of Security
In Le Débat (2003/5 No 127)