Communication with God, Gods, and Humans: Changes in religious beliefs
About this ebook
He lists the various forms of religion and communication between humans and the divine, whether marginal or not. Using numerous examples, he shows how religion is being transformed by the leisure market, Internet migration, the metaverse, and discoveries in medicine and the life sciences.
About the author
Bernard Urlacher was born in 1952. He studied building and civil engineering, sociology, economics and religious studies.
He first taught technical drawing and technology, then economics and social sciences in secondary schools. He was a member of the CNRS political and moral sociology group and the INRP sociological studies group in their early days.
He holds a doctorate in sociology from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences sociales, prepared with Pierre Bourdieu and Luc Boltanski, and a diploma in Religious Sciences from the École Pratique des Hautes Études, directed by Jean-Paul Willaime. He also holds a BTS in Public Works and a DEUG in Economics and Management.
He took part in the collective work “La misère du monde” (The misery of the world) directed by Pierre Bourdieu. He has written and published fifteen books on sociology, religious studies, socio-analysis and poetry. Most are self-published.
Now retired, he continues his research and publishing work.
