Émile Poulat (French:[pula]; June 13, 1920 – November 22, 2014), was until 1954 a Catholic priest, associated with the Prêtres Ouvriers movement, and thereafter a Frenchhistorian andsociologist. Director of Studies at theÉcole des hautes études en sciences sociales, he was also director of research atCNRS and historian of the contemporary church.
He was a founding member of the Group of Sociology of Religion, director and member of the editorial boards of several journals includingPolitica Hermetica. His research concentrated on the conflict between Catholic and modern culture in the history of contemporaryCatholicism.[1][2]
Henri Desroche un passeur de frontière, L'Harmattan, 1997.
Les Prêtres-Ouvriers, Paris, Le Cerf editions, 1999.
L'université devant la mystique, Salvator, 1999.
Deus ex-machina, L'Âge d'Homme, 2002.
Notre laïcité publique, Berg international, 2003.
Le christianisme à contre-histoire, with Dominique Decherf,Éditions du Rocher, 2003.
Les discriminations religieuses en France, with Dominique Kounkou, Chrétiens Autrement, 2004.
La question religieuse et ses turbulences, Paris, Berg international, 2005.
(dir.)1905-2005. Les enjeux de la laïcité, with Alain Bondeelle, Jean Boussinesq,Alain Boyer,Driss El Yazami,Alain Gresh, Michel Morineau, Émile Poulat,Tariq Ramadan, Joël Roman, Michel Tubiana, L'Harmattan, 2005.
Église contre bourgeoisie, Paris, Berg International, 2006.