Alexis Artaud de La Ferrière, PhD, is a lecturer in sociology at Royal Holloway College University of London, and an associate researcher at the Groupe Sociétés Religions Laïcités (EPHE/CNRS) in Paris. He is president of the Association Française de Sciences Sociales des Religions and sits on the editorial board of the peer-reviewed journal Social Sciences and Missions. His research focuses on the relationship between religion, politics, and society. Follow him on Twitter, @ArtaudDe.