In-depth interviews

Published in Nouvelles Clés (2003) --- Interview by Marc de Smedt and Patrice Van Eersel Nouvelles Clés: God is not dead, you say, he is metamorphosing. The sacred takes on new faces… or dons very ancient garments, but in any case….

Published in Nouvel Observateur Hebdo 2/12/2004 --- Nouvel Observateur: The runaway success of Dan Brown's book The Da Vinci Code, which has reached one million copies in France and to which you have just dedicated a book ("The Da Vinci Code: The Investigation" published by Robert...

Published in L'Express on June 18, 2006 --- Interview by Claire Chartier The Priory of Sion is at the heart of the Da Vinci enigma. You embarked on the trail of this secret society, whose existence no one before you had thought to verify....

Interview published in Le Figaro Madame on December 25, 2010 --- Interview by Dalila Kerchouche More than 3 million viewers saw "Of Gods and Men," the film by Xavier Beauvois. Does this surprise success of 2010 reveal a thirst for...

Interview published in Le Nouvel Observateur on April 15, 2010 --- The director of "Le Monde des Religions" explains Catholicism's historical resistance to modernity and argues for a thorough renewal Le Nouvel Observateur. The scandal of...

Interview published in Psychologies Magazine, June 2009 --- Psychologies Magazine: You live on Rue de l'Abbaye, the bell tower of the Church of St. Germain des Prés serves as your backdrop, and your apartment is the former library of a monastery: religion is a...

Interview published in Télérama on February 12, 2009 --- A brilliant but dogmatic theologian, often poorly advised, Benedict XVI extends a hand to fundamentalists—including Bishop Williamson, who has just made Holocaust denial statements—and the entire Catholic community...

Published in Le Nouvel Observateur on August 14, 2008 --- Thousands of French people are turning to the "Living Buddha" visiting our country. Religion specialist Frédéric Lenoir analyzes the fascination exerted by this peaceful warrior. Le Nouvel Observateur. -...

Interview published in Le Figaro Madame - Interview by Guillemette de Sairigne --- Guillemette de Sairigné: Everything in the last century seemed to herald the death of God... Frédéric Lenoir: For the great systems of thought born in the 19th century, the cause is...

Published in Psychologies Magazine in January 2006 --- Abel Ferrara's film "Mary" sparked discussions and questions in our editorial office. Childhood beliefs, adult conversions… what is this faith that speaks to some and leaves others indifferent?.

Published in Psychologies Magazine in December 2003 --- Christianity, Buddhism, shamanism… are some of the territories simultaneously explored by those seeking a personalized spirituality. In “The Metamorphoses of God,” recently published, the sociologist….

Published in Psychologies Magazine, May 2003 --- Paradox: Religiosity is collapsing, but curiosity about the unseen is intensifying among the most educated French. Explanations --- Psychologies: Today, what do we mean by irrational? Frédéric Lenoir: This...

Published in Psychologies Magazine in December 1999 --- In the West, France is the country where Buddhism has experienced the most spectacular growth. Yet, while the number of its sympathizers continues to increase, its practitioners are limited to a few thousand. One of the...