Danièle Hervieu-Léger has a degree in Political Science, Sociology and Law, and a PhD in Human Sciences. She is currently president and director of studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and Professor at the Centre d'Etudes des Faits Religieux Interdisciplinaires of this institution. He is also editor of the journal Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions._x000D_
He has written numerous books and countless articles among which are: De l'émotion in religion (1990), Les Identités religieuses in Europe (1996), Sociologie et religion. Classiques approches en Sciences Sociales des religions (2001), Religion in ou la question des miettes sectes (2001), Qu'est-ce que mourir? (2003)