The Society for the History of French Protestantism
Of what use is the history of Protestantism ? Since one hundred fifty years, the Society of the History of French Protestantism (SHPF) has never avoided the question but it has...
The Alsatian School
After the defeat in Sedan, a number of Protestants thought of opening up a teaching establishment that the children born in French-speaking Alsatian families but who had retreated to the...
Samuel Vincent (1787-1837)
Pastor Samuel Vincent is a typical representative of French Protestantism from the South of France in the early 19th century. His writings and the theological reviews he helped to found...
Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (1767-1830)
Religious historian, scholar, moralist, literary critic, writer, but also political theoretician and committed politician , an impressively active intellectual, Benjamin Constant tried to achieve a definitely liberal synthesis between the...
Pierre-Antoine Rabaut-« Dupui » (1746-1808)
The son of pastor Paul Rabaut, the brother of Rabaut-St Étienne and Rabaut called “Pommier” (pastor and “girondin” deputy), Pierre-Antoine Rabaut was a Reformed layman. Born in Nîmes, he was...
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
Albert Schweitzer was born in Kayserberg, in Alsace. His father was a pastor and very fond of music. He received his secondary education in Mulhouse. He was an exceptionally gifted...
Charles Wagner (1852-1918)
Born in Vibersviller, Wagner read theology in Paris and in Strasbourg. He attended the universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg . He was appointed vicar to the pastor of Barr by...