Jean-François Mayer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jean-François Mayer

Swiss historian

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1957

Place of Birth: Fribourg, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland

Profession: historian, translator

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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About Jean-François Mayer

  • Jean-Francois Mayer (born 25 April 1957 in Fribourg, Switzerland) is a religious historian, translator in Switzerland, and Director of the Institute Religioscope. He has a doctorate degree in History at the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 (1984). From 1991 to 1998, he worked as an analyst on international affairs and policy for the Swiss federal government.
  • In 1999, he founded a firm of strategic researches named JFM Recherches et Analyses, and taught at the University of Freiburg from 1999 to 2007.In 2007, Mayer founded the Institute Religioscope and became the director.
  • He contributed in the writing of several magazines, including Politica Hermetica, Religioscope and Religion Watch. His writing focuses on contemporary religious movements and cults, including Islam, the Unification Church, the Church of Scientology, the Order of the Solar Temple and the Pilgrims of Arès.
  • He also published works about aliens and links between religion and the Internet.

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