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Henri Bois
1862–1924
A French Protestant theologian with a lively interest in philosophy and religious psychology, he wrote about faith in a way that tried to stay both intellectually serious and personally human. His work sits at the meeting point of theology, ethics, and modern thought.
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Le sentiment religieux
by Henri Bois
About the author
Born in Montauban on July 12, 1862, Henri Bois was a French Protestant theologian, teacher, and writer. He studied letters and theology in Montauban, then continued his training in Germany, England, and Wales. He later taught at the Protestant faculty of theology in Montauban before moving to Montpellier, where he became dean of the Protestant faculty from 1919 until his death in 1924.
Bois is often associated with a moderate liberal Protestant outlook. Sources describe him as influenced by the neo-criticism of Charles Renouvier, and as a thinker who tried to move beyond the simple opposition between orthodoxy and liberalism. He took a serious interest in preaching, spiritual guidance, religious experience, and the psychology of faith, bringing philosophical reflection into conversation with lived religion.
His published work includes studies such as Le dogme grec and Le sentiment religieux. Even in scholarly writing, he seems to have been drawn to questions of conscience, freedom, belief, and moral life, which helps explain why his books still appeal to readers interested in the inner side of religion as well as its ideas.