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Henri Bois
1862–1924
A thoughtful French Protestant theologian, he wrote with unusual warmth about religious feeling, moral life, and the inner work of faith. His books bring together philosophy, psychology, and theology in a way that still feels searching and human.
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Le sentiment religieux
by Henri Bois
About the author
Born in Montauban in 1862 and dying in Malons in 1924, Henri Bois was a French Protestant theologian and university teacher. He taught at the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Montauban and later at Montpellier, where he became dean near the end of his life.
Accounts of his work describe him as a moderate liberal thinker shaped in part by neo-criticist philosophy. He was interested in dogmatics, ethics, preaching, spiritual direction, and the psychology of religion, and his writing often tried to connect serious philosophical reflection with lived religious experience.
For readers coming to him today, Bois is especially notable for treating religion not only as a system of doctrines but also as something felt, examined, and practiced. That gives his work a reflective, personal quality alongside its scholarly side.