Étienne Fouilloux

Etienne Fouilloux (born 1941) is a French university teacher primarily interested in the history of tensions within the twentieth century French Roman Catholic Church (but extending to other Christian traditions) and the contemporary publication of works of Christian antiquity.^[1]

Career and background

He is currently emeritus and honorary professor of Lumière University Lyon 2 where he taught as Director of the André Latreille Centre of religious history^[2] (1990-2001), Fouilloux had previously worked at Paris-X Nanterre (1969-1981), Caen (1981-1990) Universities. In addition to French agrégé and doctorat qualifications he holds an honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Louvain.

His interests include the modernist crisis in the early 20th century, dissensions within the French Catholic community between 1937 and 1947, and during the Algerian crisis. Publications also include biographies of the Jesuit

Selected publications

• La Collection "Sources chrétiennes". Editor les Pères de l'Eglise au XXè siècle, Paris, Cerf, 1993 (2nd edition 2011)
• Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli-Giovanni XXIII, Journal de France, I,1945-1948, Paris, Cerf, 2006; II,1949-1953, Paris, Cerf, 2008
• French Academy website ^{[verification needed]}