François Wendel (1905-1972)
François Wendel was a lutheran lawyer who devoted much study to the Reformation movement, religious institutions in Alsace and Calvin. He was appointed Dean to the protestant University of Strasbourg,...
Edouard Reuss (1804-1891)
Although Edouard Reuss was a professor of theology in the protestant Faculty of Strasburg, he was above all a historian ; dogmatics had little to do with his analysis of the...
Frédéric Lichtenberger (1832-1899)
Frédéric Lichtenberger was a Lutheran pastor at the Faculty of Theology in Strasbourg until the annexation of Alsace. He was Dean of the Faculty of Theology in Paris ; he was...
The tolerated “Church of the Desert” (1760-1787)
In the second half of the XVIIIth century, the marginalisation that excluded Protestants from French society gradually eased.
The “Desert” Protestant Churches (1760-1789)
Even though repressive measures were still being taken against the Protestants and it was not yet possible for them to hold a public service, little by little, they rebuilt the...
André Gide (1869-1951)
André Gide was one of the most well-known writers of the first half of the XXth century. He was born into a protestant family and was brought up in an...
Process Theology
Process theology was influenced by the English philosopher and mathematician, Alfred Whitehead. It was Professor André Gounelle who made known this theology in France – according to which God is...
The Admiral Charles Baudin (1784-1854)
Charles Baudin had an excellent career in the Navy. He was a protestant with a deep personal faith and became the first president of the Central Council of Reformed Churches.
Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle (1726-1773)
La Beaumelle was a French man of letters and a contemporary of Voltaire. He considered tolerance to be an essential constituent of Christianity.
The Protestant Theology Faculties today
The protestant theology faculties in France are independent institutions of higher education awarding their own diplomas. Strasbourg is a case apart and is still bound by the Concordat agreement between...
The Protestant Institute of Theology
The Protestant Institute of Theology, which was founded in 1972, is made up of two protestant theology faculties, Paris and Montpellier. Its main role is to prepare for the ministry...
The Independent Evangelical Theological Faculty of Vaux-sur-Seine
The Vaux-sur-Seine Faculty has trained pastors since the late XIXth century. It became an independent institution of further education in 1965. It is a training centre of future pastors in the...
The Bible Institute of Nogent
The Bible Institut of Nogent was founded in 1921 to train evangelists, missionaries and more recently, social workers. There are students of all nationalities who later go on to serve...
Claude Brousson (1647-1698)
Avocat, défenseur de la cause protestante, Claude Brousson, qui s’est réfugié à Genève en 1683, revient en France en tant que « prédicant » dans les Cévennes. Il contribue à la création...
Liberation Theology
Emerging at the end of the 1960s, in Catholic circles in Latin America, Liberation theologies developed widely. They denounced the oppression of which the poor were victims. These injustices had...
Feminist Theologies
Feminist theologies are grounded in the great movement for women’s rights born around 50 years ago in the USA, in order to reassess their place both in society and in...
Catechism in the Reformed Church
Catechism refers to religious education given to teenagers or adults by the Church to teach them the fundamental elements of faith.
Jacques Ellul (1912-1994)
Jacques Ellul was a protestant academic from Bordeaux with a deep faith who sought to destroy conformity in all its aspects. He achieved notoriety through the many articles he had...
Mémoire et patrimoine en Normandie
Cette région comprend les départements de la Seine-Maritime (76), de l’Eure (27), du Calvados (14), de l’Orne (61) et de la Manche (50). Tant en Basse-Normandie qu’en Haute-Normandie, les vestiges...