Louis Gardet
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Louis Gardet was a French
Roman Catholic priest and historian
. As an author he was an expert in Islamic culture and sociology
who caught a sympathetic view on Islam
as a religion. He considered himself "a Christian philosopher of cultures". Islam's men, Mentality of Approaches is one of his best and most widely-read works.
Youakim Moubarac
, Jacques Jomier and Denise Masson were among his numerous disciples.
France
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Roman Catholic priest and historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
. As an author he was an expert in Islamic culture and sociology
Sociology
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who caught a sympathetic view on Islam
Islam
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as a religion. He considered himself "a Christian philosopher of cultures". Islam's men, Mentality of Approaches is one of his best and most widely-read works.
Biography
His real name was André Brottier and he is known under three identities that correspond to three phases of his life:- Under the name of André Hallaire, he published some texts in literary magazines.
- As Frère André-Marie, he was one of the founders of the Little Brothers of JesusLittle Brothers of JesusThe Little Brothers of Jesus is a religious congregation of brothers within the Catholic Church; it is inspired by the life and writings of Blessed Charles de Foucauld...
congregation, along with his friend Louis MassignonLouis MassignonLouis Massignon was a French scholar of Islam and its history. Although a Catholic himself, he tried to understand Islam from within and thus had a great influence on the way Islam was seen in the West; among other things, he paved the way for a greater openness inside the Catholic Church towards...
, in 1933. - Under the name of Louis Gardet he devoted himself to the research of the Islamic religion in the last part of his life, becoming an authority on the subject.
Youakim Moubarac
Youakim Moubarac
Youakim Moubarac was a Lebanese French erudite. He was an Islamologist, an Arabist and a disciple of the Orientalist Louis Massignon and of philosopher Louis Gardet...
, Jacques Jomier and Denise Masson were among his numerous disciples.
Published works
Louis Gardet wrote many books. His main works are:- Introduction à la théologie musulmane, essai de théologie comparée, by Louis Gardet and Rev. George Anawati, with an introduction by Louis Massignon, Vrin, 1948 1946
- La pensée religieuse d'Avicenne, Paris, Vrin, 1951.
- Expériences mystiques en terres non chrétiennes, Paris, Alsatia, 1953.
- La cité musulmane, vie sociale et politique, Paris, Vrin, 1954.
- L'Islam, by Youakim Moubarac, Rev. Jacques Jomier, Louis Gardet and Rev. Anawati, Saint-Alban-Leysse (Savoie), Collège théologique dominicain, 1956.
- Connaître l'islam, Paris, Fayard, 1958.
- Mystique musulmane. Aspects et tendances, expériences et techniques, by Rev. Anawati & Louis Gardet, Paris, Vrin, 1961
- L'islam. Religion, et communauté, Paris, Desclée De Brouwer, 1967.
- Dieu et la destinée de l'homme, Paris : J. Vrin, 1967 ("Les grands problèmes de la théologie musulmane")
- Les hommes de l'islam, approche des mentalités, Paris, Hachette, 1977
- L'Islam : hier, demain, by Mohammed ArkounMohammed ArkounProfessor Mohammed Arkoun was considered at the time of his death to have been one of the most influential scholars in Islamic studies contributing to contemporary islamic reform...
& Louis Gardet, Paris, Buchet-Chastel, 1978 - Louis Gardet also took part in La passion de Hussayn Ibn Mansûr an-Hallâj, the posthumous edition of Louis Massignon's work, 1975.